Dynamic, self-assembled aggregates of magnetized, millimeter-sized objects rotating at the liquid-air interface: Macroscopic, two-dimensional classical artificial atoms and molecules

B. A. Grzybowski, X. Jiang, Howard A. Stone, G. M. Whitesides

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Abstract

Both the hydrodynamic repulsive force between the disks and the central magnetic force acting on all disks were quantified. Two types of aggregates were considered: those in which one disk is much larger than the others and those in which two disks are larger than the rest. It was demonstrated that the self-assembly of spinning disks into macroscopic artificial atoms and molecules is the consequence of the interplay between attractive and repulsive interactions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)011603/1-011603/12
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume64
Issue number1 I
StatePublished - Jul 2001

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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