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Anisotropic colloidal particles constitute an important class of building blocks for self-assembly directed by electrical fields. The aggregation of these building blocks is driven by induced dipole moments, which arise from an interplay between dielectric effects and the electric double layer. For particles that are anisotropic in shape, charge distribution, and dielectric properties, calculation of the electric double layer requires coupling of the ionic dynamics to a Poisson solver. We apply recently proposed methods to solve this problem for experimentally employed colloids in static and time-dependent electric fields. This allows us to predict the effects of field strength and frequency on the colloidal properties.
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Han, M., Wu, H. & Luijten, E. Electric double layer of anisotropic dielectric colloids under electric fields. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 225, 685–698 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-50316-9
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