Colloidal particles with anisotropic interactions are excellent candidates for synthetic building blocks of self-assembled materials with desirable properties, such as a photonic band-gap or swimming ability, at the nano- or micro-scale. The anisotropic nature of liquid crystals (LCs) makes them an ideal candidate to generate non-spherically symmetric interactions between immersed colloidal particles. Here, we review the progress on the theory and simulation of such systems.

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液晶物体的理论与模拟

具有各向异性相互作用的胶体颗粒是自组装材料的合成构件的极佳候选者，该自组装材料具有纳米或微米级的理想特性，例如光子带隙或游泳能力。液晶（LC）的各向异性性质使它们成为在沉浸的胶体粒子之间产生非球形对称相互作用的理想选择。在这里，我们回顾了此类系统的理论和仿真进展。