Equilibrium phase behavior of the square-well linear microphase-forming model

TL;DR

This paper uses a simulation approach to explore the equilibrium phase diagram of a square-well linear model, revealing insights into microphase formation mechanisms in colloidal suspensions.

Contribution

It introduces a simulation method to accurately determine phase behavior of microphase-forming particles with varying interaction parameters.

Findings

Phase diagrams for different interaction strengths and ranges are calculated.

Comparison with theoretical predictions shows good agreement.

Insights into the mechanisms driving microphase formation are provided.

Abstract

We have recently developed a simulation approach to calculate the equilibrium phase diagram of particle-based microphase formers. Here, this approach is used to calculate the phase behavior of the square-well linear model for different strengths and ranges of the linear long-range repulsive component. The results are compared with various theoretical predictions for microphase formation. The analysis further allows us to better understand the mechanism for microphase formation in colloidal suspensions.