Sentences with phrase «patchy particles»

In a new study published in EPJ E, physicists have developed an algorithm to simulate the molecular dynamics of these patchy particles.

Sacanna and his colleague Gi - Ra Yi, a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Suwon, South Korea, together with NYU graduate students Zhe Gong and Theodore Hueckel, created these patchy particles via a new synthetic methodology called «colloidal fusion,» which is not unlike how different pieces of playdough are pieced together.

Computer renderings illustrating the design of micro-structured patchy particles.

In a new study published in EPJE, physicists have developed an algorithm to simulate the molecular dynamics of these patchy particles.

They then develop the equations governing the dynamics of an ensemble of such colloidal patchy particles.

In this study, the authors model charged patchy particles, which are made up of a rigid body with only two charged patches, located at opposite poles.