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Center for Nonlinear Studies |
Spontaneous assembly of colloids represents a promising avenue for the fabrication of materials with sub-mesoscopic features. However, the relationship between the characteristics of the constituent building blocks and the resulting self-assembled structure is poorly understood. In this talk, we describe the discovery of interparticle interactions that drive self-assembly of a variety of complex crystalline phases. In doing so, we highlight the utility of an inverse strategy based on maximum likelihood estimation towards the design of such interaction potentials.
Host: Jeffery Leiding