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dc.contributor.authorMüller, David-
dc.contributor.authorKampmann, Tobias Alexander-
dc.contributor.authorKierfeld, Jan-
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-13T12:40:27Z-
dc.date.available2020-08-13T12:40:27Z-
dc.date.issued2020-07-29-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/39234-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-21151-
dc.description.abstractColloidal particles suspended in liquid crystals can exhibit various effective anisotropic interactions that can be tuned and utilized in self-assembly processes. We simulate a two-dimensional system of hard disks suspended in a solution of dense hard needles as a model system for colloids suspended in a nematic lyotropic liquid crystal. The novel event-chain Monte Carlo technique enables us to directly measure colloidal interactions in a microscopic simulation with explicit liquid crystal particles in the dense nematic phase. We find a directional short-range attraction for disks along the director, which triggers chaining parallel to the director and seemingly contradicts the standard liquid crystal field theory result of a quadrupolar attraction with a preferred 45∘ angle. Our results can be explained by a short-range density-dependent depletion interaction, which has been neglected so far. Directionality and strength of the depletion interaction are caused by the weak planar anchoring of hard rods. The depletion attraction robustly dominates over the quadrupolar elastic attraction if disks come close. Self-assembly of many disks proceeds via intermediate chaining, which demonstrates that in lyotropic liquid crystal colloids depletion interactions play an important role in structure formation processes.en
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesScientific reports;Vol. 10. 2020, Article number: 12718-
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0-
dc.subject.ddc530-
dc.titleChaining of hard disks in nematic needles: particle-based simulation of colloidal interactions in liquid crystalsen
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eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifierhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69544-4de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitationScientific reports. Vol. 10. 2020, Article number: 12718en
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