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Quasicrystal formation in binary soft matter mixtures
Tekijät: Scacchi, A.; Somerville, W. R. C.; Buzza, D. M. A.; Archer, A. J.
Kustantaja: AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Kustannuspaikka: COLLEGE PK
Julkaisuvuosi: 2020
Journal: Physical Review Research
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
Lehden akronyymi: PHYS REV RES
Artikkelin numero: 032043
Vuosikerta: 2
Numero: 3
Sivujen määrä: 8
eISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.032043
Tiivistelmä
Using a strategy that may be applied in theory or in experiments, we identify the regime in which a model binary soft matter mixture forms quasicrystals. The system is described using classical density functional theory combined with integral equation theory. Quasicrystal formation requires particle ordering with two characteristic length scales in certain particular ratios. How the length scales are related to the form of the pair interactions is reasonably well understood for one-component systems, but less is known for mixtures. In our model mixture of big and small colloids confined to an interface, the two length scales stem from the range of the interactions between pairs of big particles and from the cross big-small interactions, respectively. The small-small length scale is not significant. Our strategy for finding quasicrystals involves tuning locations of maxima in the dispersion relation, or equivalently in the liquid state partial static structure factors.
Using a strategy that may be applied in theory or in experiments, we identify the regime in which a model binary soft matter mixture forms quasicrystals. The system is described using classical density functional theory combined with integral equation theory. Quasicrystal formation requires particle ordering with two characteristic length scales in certain particular ratios. How the length scales are related to the form of the pair interactions is reasonably well understood for one-component systems, but less is known for mixtures. In our model mixture of big and small colloids confined to an interface, the two length scales stem from the range of the interactions between pairs of big particles and from the cross big-small interactions, respectively. The small-small length scale is not significant. Our strategy for finding quasicrystals involves tuning locations of maxima in the dispersion relation, or equivalently in the liquid state partial static structure factors.
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