Colloidal Ordering on a 2D Quasicrystalline Substrate

Schmiedeberg M, Stark H (2008)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2008

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Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Book Volume: 101

Journal Issue: 21

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.218302

Abstract

By using Monte Carlo simulations, we study the complex phase behavior of charged-stabilized colloidal particles in a two-dimensional substrate potential with quasicrystalline decagonal symmetry. In the regime where the strengths of the substrate and colloidal pair potential are comparable, we identify a novel and unexpected quasicrystalline phase with pure 20-fold bond order and a disordered structure without any apparent rotational symmetry. Furthermore, we demonstrate how phasonic displacements in the substrate potential induce phasonic flips in the colloidal monolayer.

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APA:

Schmiedeberg, M., & Stark, H. (2008). Colloidal Ordering on a 2D Quasicrystalline Substrate. Physical Review Letters, 101(21). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.218302

MLA:

Schmiedeberg, Michael, and Holger Stark. "Colloidal Ordering on a 2D Quasicrystalline Substrate." Physical Review Letters 101.21 (2008).

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