Emergent rhombus tilings from molecular interactions with M-fold rotational symmetry

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.115702
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Journal titlePhysical Review Letters
ISSN0031-9007
1079-7114
Volume114
Issue11
Article number115702
Abstract
We show that model molecules with particular rotational symmetries can self-assemble into network structures equivalent to rhombus tilings. This assembly happens in an emergent way, in the sense that molecules spontaneously select irregular fourfold local coordination from a larger set of possible local binding geometries. The existence of such networks can be rationalized by simple geometrical arguments, but the same arguments do not guarantee a network’s spontaneous self-assembly. This class of structures must in certain regimes of parameter space be able to reconfigure into networks equivalent to triangular tilings.
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LanguageEnglish
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