Equilibrium Phase Behavior of a Continuous-Space Microphase Former.
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2016-03-04
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Periodic microphases universally emerge in systems for which short-range interparticle attraction is frustrated by long-range repulsion. The morphological richness of these phases makes them desirable material targets, but our relatively coarse understanding of even simple models hinders controlling their assembly. We report here the solution of the equilibrium phase behavior of a microscopic microphase former through specialized Monte Carlo simulations. The results for cluster crystal, cylindrical, double gyroid, and lamellar ordering qualitatively agree with a Landau-type free energy description and reveal the nontrivial interplay between cluster, gel, and microphase formation.
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Zhuang, Yuan, Kai Zhang and Patrick Charbonneau (2016). Equilibrium Phase Behavior of a Continuous-Space Microphase Former. Phys Rev Lett, 116(9). p. 098301. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.098301 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/12584.
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Patrick Charbonneau
Professor Charbonneau studies soft matter. His work combines theory and simulation to understand the glass problem, protein crystallization, microphase formation, and colloidal assembly in external fields.
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