Bond-orientational ordering and sheer rigidity in modulated colloidal liquids

被引:26
作者
Das, C [1 ]
Sood, AK [1 ]
Krishnamurthy, HR [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Sci, Dept Phys, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
关键词
laser induced freezing; bond-orientational order; modulated liquid;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00142-9
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
From Landau-Alexander-McTague theory and Monte Carlo simulation results we show that the modulated liquid obtained by subjecting a colloidal system to a periodic laser modulation has long range bond-orientational order and non-zero shear rigidity. From infinite field simulation results we show that in the modulated liquid phase, the translational order parameter correlation function decays to zero exponentially while the correlation function for the bond-orientational order saturates to a finite value at large distances. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V, All rights reserved.
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页码:237 / 244
页数:8
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