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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Self-assembly and percolation in two dimensional binary magnetic colloids
Hauke Carstensen1, Anne Krämer1, Vassilios Kapaklis1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-75120, Uppsala, Sweden. max.wolff@physics.uu.se.
Abstract:
We study the self-assembly of branching-chain networks and crystals in a binary colloidal system with tunable interactions. The particle positions are extracted from microscopy images and order parameters are extracted by image processing and statistical analysis. With these, we construct phase diagrams with respect to particle density, ratio and interaction. In order to draw a more complete picture, we complement the experiments with computer simulations. We establish a region in the phase diagram, where bead ratios and interactions are symmetric, promoting percolated structures.
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