DisLocate: tools to rapidly quantify local intermolecular structure to assess two-dimensional order in self-assembled systems.

ABSTRACT: Order classification is particularly important in photonics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology, biology, and biomedicine, as self-assembled and living systems tend to be ordered well but not perfectly. Engineering sets of experimental protocols that can accurately reproduce specific desired patterns can be a challenge when (dis)ordered outcomes look visually similar. Robust comparisons between similar samples, especially with limited data sets, need a finely tuned ensemble of accurate analysis tools. Here we introduce our numerical Mathematica package disLocate, a suite of tools to rapidly quantify the spatial structure of a two-dimensional dispersion of objects. The full range of tools available in disLocate give different insights into the quality and type of order present in a given dispe

SUBMITTER: Bumstead M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5784143 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature