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Symmetry transitions of polymer-grafted nanoparticles: Grafting density effect
Hongseok Yun, Ji Woong Yu, Young Jun Lee, Jin-Seong Kim, Chan Ho Park, Chongyong Nam, Junghun Han, Tae-Young Heo, Soo-Hyung Choi, Doh C. Lee, Won Bo Lee*, Gila E. Stein*, Bumjoon J. Kim*
Self-AssemblyNanoparticle
Abstract
Symmetry transitions in self-assembled structures of polymer-grafted nanoparticles are mapped as a function of grafting density. The competition between enthalpic and entropic interactions drives phase behavior across the FCC-BCC-disorder boundary.