12-fold quasicrystal of patchy colloids (Image and calculation: Robert F.B. Weigel & Prof. Michael Schmiedeberg, Soft Matter Theory)
Patchy colloids are particles that interact with preferred binding angles. We have developed a new Phase Field Crystal Model that can be used to predict the complex phases that occur in suspensions with such particles. In addition to isotropic, nematic, stripe, and triangular order, we have observed phases with square, rhombic, honeycomb, and even quasicrystalline symmetry.
Publication: R.F.B. Weigel, M. Schmiedeberg, Modelling Simul. Mater.
Patchy colloids are particles that interact with preferred binding angles. We have developed a new Phase Field Crystal Model that can be used to predict the complex phases that occur in suspensions with such particles. In addition to isotropic, nematic, stripe, and triangular order, we have observed phases with square, rhombic, honeycomb, and even quasicrystalline symmetry.
Publication: R.F.B. Weigel, M. Schmiedeberg, Modelling Simul. Mater.
Sci. Eng. 30, 074003 (2022), Contact: michael.schmiedeberg@fau.de
Link to Research Group:
Soft Matter Theory