Designing colloidal ground state patterns using short-range isotropic interactions

Details Designing colloidal ground state patterns using short-range isotropic interactions Designing colloidal ground state patterns using short-range isotropic interactions

2009-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/0912.4485v1

Phys. Rev. E 82, 021404 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

19 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021404

DNA-coated colloids are a popular model system for self-assembly through tunable interactions. The DNA-encoded linkages between particles theoretically allow for very high specificity, but generally no directionality or long-range interactions. We introduce a two-dimensional lattice model for particles of many different types with short-range isotropic interactions that are pairwise specific. For this class of models, we address the fundamental question whether it is possible to reliably design the interactions so that the ground state is unique and corresponds to a given crystal structure. First, we determine lower limits for the interaction range between particles, depending on the complexity of the desired pattern and the underlying lattice. Then, we introduce a `recipe' for determining the pairwise interactions that exactly satisfies this minimum criterion, and we show that it is sufficient to uniquely determine the ground state for a large class of crystal structures. Finally, we verify these results using Monte Carlo simulations.

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