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These routines (Matlab) allows simulating buckyball-shaped aggregates of np=12, 42, 92,...,1002 quasi monodisperse primary particles. The algorithm is based on the geodesic dome model starting from Plato's Dodecahedron (surface lattice composed on 12 pentagons and a variable number of hexagons).
The morphology of the synthetic aggregates formed depict rather well the one of self-assembled, densely-packed and highly-ordered aggregates produced experimentally when drying slowly micro droplets of silica suspension (see Ref 1 for details).
Terms of use
This model and routines were developped during Oumar Touré's Master of Science, in the laboratory IUSTI (UMR 7343 CNRS/Aix-Marseille University, France), with the support of the ANR (CARMINA project). These routines can be used without limitations in any not-for profit scientific research. We only request that in any publication using the ouputs of this software a reference is given to the following publications of the authors of the software:
- Onofri, F. R. A.; Barbosa, S.; Touré, O.; Woźniak, M.; Grisolia, C., Sizing highly-ordered buckyball-shaped aggregates of colloidal nanoparticles by light extinction spectroscopy. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf. 2013, 126 (0), 160-168 (pdf)
Download:
- No manual, but you can upload this presentation: Talk at LIP2012 conference
- Archive containing the coordinates of the radius and size of the primary particles composing aggregates of np=12, 42,...,1002 particles : samples.zip
- Matlab routines : Buckyball_aggregates.zip
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