Surface Ordering in Molecular Clusters by Interactions of Well-Defined Parity Multipoles

Cannavacciuolo, Luigi; Hulliger, Jürg (2019). Surface Ordering in Molecular Clusters by Interactions of Well-Defined Parity Multipoles. ACS Omega, 4(17), pp. 17511-17518. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acsomega.9b02349

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The spontaneous alignment of dipoles in patterns tangential or transversal to the interface of molecular clusters is studied by molecular dynamics simulations throughout the entire aggregation process. Tangential ordering (TANGO) is found to rely on dispersion forces driven by dipolar fluctuations. Transversal ordering (TRANSO) results from the interplay of two conditions: the broken translational invariance at the cluster interface and the interactions of multipoles of opposite parity. In this case, the orientational order parameter at the interface follows a universal scaling law behavior. In the limiting case of strongly interacting particles, a sharp structural transition from a disordered into an ordered state is observed at a critical distance inside the cluster and at a critical magnitude of the dipole moment.

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