Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Self-assembled nanoscale structures are the basis for various technological advance-ments in functional materials, sensors, and molecular circuits and factories. With significant progress in self-assembly of periodic nanostructures (such as monolayers), the focus is now shifting towards non-periodic structures. Control of various inter-action force fields (electrostatic, Van der Waals, etc.) between the nanoparticles and external controls can result in the formation of nanostructures with desired geome-try. The aim is to design the nanoparticles and the external actuators such that the desired structure can be self-assembled rapidly with high reliability and avoiding any kinetic trapping that an ill-designed energy landscape might cause. Deterministic dynamic modeling of such self-assembled nanostructures, directed
Author: Sivaraman Ramaswamy
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2185855771