Sticky-Sphere Clusters

Nano- and microscale particles, such as colloids, commonly interact over ranges much shorter than their diameters, so it is natural to treat them as “sticky,” interacting only when they touch exactly. The lowest-energy states, free energies, and dynamics of a collection of n particles can be calculated in the sticky limit of a deep, narrow interaction potential. This article surveys the theory of the sticky limit, explains the correspondence between theory and experiments on colloidal clusters, and outlines areas where the sticky limit may bring new insight.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

• Publication date

  2017-03-31

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Physics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031016-025357arXiv 1709.05138
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