Phase behaviour of hard spheres confined between parallel hard plates: manipulation of colloidal crystal structures by confinement
We study the phase behaviour of hard spheres confined between two parallel hard plates
using extensive computer simulations. We determine the full equilibrium phase diagram for …
using extensive computer simulations. We determine the full equilibrium phase diagram for …
Liquid-crystal patterns of rectangular particles in a square nanocavity
Using density-functional theory in the restricted-orientation approximation, we analyze the
liquid-crystal patterns and phase behavior of a fluid of hard rectangular particles confined in …
liquid-crystal patterns and phase behavior of a fluid of hard rectangular particles confined in …
Capillary ordering and layering transitions in two-dimensional hard-rod fluids
Y Martínez-Ratón - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2007 - APS
We calculate the surface phase diagram of a two-dimensional hard-rod fluid confined
between two hard lines. In the first stage we study a semi-infinite system consisting of an …
between two hard lines. In the first stage we study a semi-infinite system consisting of an …
Ordering of two-dimensional crystals confined in strips of finite width
A Ricci, P Nielaba, S Sengupta, K Binder - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2007 - APS
Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the effect of confinement on a crystal of point
particles interacting with an inverse power law potential∝ r− 12 in d= 2 dimensions. This …
particles interacting with an inverse power law potential∝ r− 12 in d= 2 dimensions. This …
Transitions between imperfectly ordered crystalline structures: A phase switch Monte Carlo study
D Wilms, NB Wilding, K Binder - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2012 - APS
A model for two-dimensional colloids confined laterally by “structured boundaries”(ie, ones
that impose a periodicity along the slit) is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. When the …
that impose a periodicity along the slit) is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. When the …
Avalanches, plasticity, and ordering in colloidal crystals under compression
Using numerical simulations we examine colloids with a long-range Coulomb interaction
confined in a two-dimensional trough potential undergoing dynamical compression. As the …
confined in a two-dimensional trough potential undergoing dynamical compression. As the …
Lack of long-range order in confined two-dimensional model colloidal crystals
A Ricci, P Nielaba, S Sengupta, K Binder - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2006 - APS
We investigate the nature of the ordered phase for a model of colloidal particles confined
within a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) strip between two parallel boundaries, or walls …
within a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) strip between two parallel boundaries, or walls …
Heat conduction through a trapped solid: the effect of structural changes on the thermal conductance
We study the conduction of heat across a narrow solid strip trapped by an external potential
and in contact with its own liquid. Structural changes, consisting of addition and deletion of …
and in contact with its own liquid. Structural changes, consisting of addition and deletion of …
Anomalous structural and mechanical properties of solids confined in quasi-one-dimensional strips
We show using computer simulations and mean field theory that a system of particles in two
dimensions, when laterally confined by a pair of parallel hard walls within a quasi-one …
dimensions, when laterally confined by a pair of parallel hard walls within a quasi-one …
Stochastic ratcheting of two-dimensional colloids: Directed current and dynamical transitions
We present results of molecular dynamics simulations for two-dimensional repulsively
interacting colloids driven by a one-dimensional asymmetric and commensurate ratchet …
interacting colloids driven by a one-dimensional asymmetric and commensurate ratchet …