Jim Lutsko

Jim Lutsko

My interests include Statistical Physics; Crystallization; Density Functional Theory, Simulation methods - particularly rare event techniques, Protein physics, Granular physics and Crystal Growth. I am based in the Physics of Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics group at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

[075] Kinetics of intermediate-mediated self-assembly in nanosized materials: A generic model

James F. Lutsko, Vasileios Basios, Grégoire Nicolis, Tom P. Caremans, Alexander Aerts, Johan A. Martens, Christine E. A. Kirschhock, and Titus S. van Erp, "Kinetics of intermediate-mediated self-assembly in nanosized materials: A generic model", J. of Chemical Physics, 132, 164701 (2010) http://jimlutsko.github.io/files/Lutsko_2010_JCP_2.pdf

Abstract

We propose in this paper a generic model of a nonstandard aggregation mechanism for self-assembly processes of a class of materials involving the mediation of intermediates consisting of a polydisperse population of nanosized particles. The model accounts for a long induction period in the process. The proposed mechanism also gives insight on future experiments aiming at a more comprehensive picture of the role of self-organization in self-assembly processes.