Out-of-equilibrium self-assembly of nanoparticles and nanorods

PHYS 107

Eran Rabani, rabani@tau.ac.il, School of Chemistry, The Sackler Faculty of Science, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
When a solvent evaporates from a solution of nanoparticles or nanorods, complex transitory structures form over a wide range of time scales and length scales. Here, I will present a coarse-grained model of this dynamical self-assembly in 2D and 3D that accounts for spatial and temporal patterns observed in thin film experiments. In addition, I will discuss different scenarios that can be used to control the assembly process and direct the nanoparticles/nanorods into predefined superstructures.