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Communication: Microphase equilibrium and assembly dynamics.

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Zhuang, Y; Charbonneau, P
Published in: The Journal of chemical physics
September 2017

Despite many attempts, ordered equilibrium microphases have yet to be obtained in experimental colloidal suspensions. The recent computation of the equilibrium phase diagram of a microscopic, particle-based microphase former [Zhuang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 098301 (2016)] has nonetheless found such mesoscale assemblies to be thermodynamically stable. Here, we consider their equilibrium and assembly dynamics. At intermediate densities above the order-disorder transition, we identify four different dynamical regimes and the structural changes that underlie the dynamical crossovers from one disordered regime to the next. Below the order-disorder transition, we also find that periodic lamellae are the most dynamically accessible of the periodic microphases. Our analysis thus offers a comprehensive view of the dynamics of disordered microphases and a route to the assembly of periodic microphases in a putative well-controlled, experimental system.

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The Journal of chemical physics

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EISSN

1089-7690

ISSN

0021-9606

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

147

Issue

9

Start / End Page

091102

Related Subject Headings

  • Chemical Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Zhuang, Y., & Charbonneau, P. (2017). Communication: Microphase equilibrium and assembly dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(9), 091102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996904
Zhuang, Yuan, and Patrick Charbonneau. “Communication: Microphase equilibrium and assembly dynamics.The Journal of Chemical Physics 147, no. 9 (September 2017): 091102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996904.
Zhuang Y, Charbonneau P. Communication: Microphase equilibrium and assembly dynamics. The Journal of chemical physics. 2017 Sep;147(9):091102.
Zhuang, Yuan, and Patrick Charbonneau. “Communication: Microphase equilibrium and assembly dynamics.The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 147, no. 9, Sept. 2017, p. 091102. Epmc, doi:10.1063/1.4996904.
Zhuang Y, Charbonneau P. Communication: Microphase equilibrium and assembly dynamics. The Journal of chemical physics. 2017 Sep;147(9):091102.

Published In

The Journal of chemical physics

DOI

EISSN

1089-7690

ISSN

0021-9606

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

147

Issue

9

Start / End Page

091102

Related Subject Headings

  • Chemical Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences