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Title: Non-close-packed hexagonal self-assembly of Janus nanoparticles on planar membranes

The adhesion modes of an ensemble of spherical Janus nanoparticles on planar membranes are investigated through large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained implicit-solvent model.

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Award ID(s):
1931837
NSF-PAR ID:
10479135
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Soft Matter
Volume:
19
Issue:
39
ISSN:
1744-683X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
7591 to 7601
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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