We discuss our atomistic and coarse-grained simulations of colloidal nanoparticles self-assembled into complex superstructures, which were observed in recent experiments. We study the formation of chiral superstructures formed by 1) superparamagnetic magnetite nanocubes self-assembled in magnetic fields, and 2) chiral CdS (truncated tetrahedra) nanoparticles self-assembled in the presence of circularly polarized light. We also model the formation of hollow nanoparticle–based capsules with their sizes dependent on the parameters of the solution.  We show how the parameters that control the self-assembly processes of these unique systems.<br/> <br/>[1] G. Singh et al., Science 345, 1149 (2014).<br/>[2] J. Yeom at al., Nat. Mat., ASAP (2014).

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into chiral ribbons and hollow capsules

249th National Meeting (2015)

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