Monte Carlo Simulation of Na nostructu red Adamantane Self-assembly

Self-assembly ha s been used to form highly ordere d structures with features at the s upra-molecular (۱–۱۰۰ nm) scale, and has bee n a focal p oint for dec reasing the functional size of electr onic, mechanical, and other devices. Diamond oids such a s adamantane have re cently been the subject of substantial interest for self-assemb ly, chemical patterning, and fundam ental diamondoid chemistry researc h. Adamantane as a building block has attract ed interest f or the tunable properties it impart to SAMs, including geo metric, localized electrical potential s, and optoelectronic effects. Adam antane is a molecular analog for diamond. Diam ond is a ma terial that h as long inspired interest for both practical and aesthetic reasons. The Td symmetric cage forms the core of the cubic diamond unit cell, and can be considered the smallest possible hydrogen-passivat ed diamond nanoparticle, or diam ondoid. It i s important and necess ary to study self-assembly of these molecules in order to ob tain reference data, such as temperature, pressu re, structur e factor, an d bonding properties for application in nanote chnology such as building molecular electronic devices. To the best of our knowledge self-assembly of nanostructured adamantane by Monte Carlo simulation method ha s not been reported yet

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Self-assembly ، Diamondoids ، Adamantan e ، Monte Carlo ، Nanoth echnology ، RDF