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. 2018 Mar 20;9:1141. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03550-z

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Monte Carlo Simulations of 2D superlattices of octapods with different pod length. ad Snapshots showing a typical top-view configuration of the octapods at the end of our simulation run for different L/D. The value of the shaft interaction parameter εS and the tip interaction parameter εT are provided to the left of each snapshot, both are given in kBT. A description of the crystal structure is given in the main text; the insets show a zoom-in to better visualize the structure. e Variation of the parameters εS and εT for octapods with L/D = 5.0 tune the octapod arrangement from ballerina (for εS = −3 and εT = 0) to interlocking (for εS = 2 and εT = −1). f The pressure was increased with respect to (a) and (c)