Phase separation and crystallisation of polydisperse hard spheres

被引：48

作者：

Sear, RP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Biochem & Chem, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 44卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1209/epl/i1998-00500-3

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Hard spheres with a polydispersity above approximately 8% are shown to crystallise into two phase-separated solid phases. A polydispersity above 8% is too large to be tolerated by a single solid phase but phase separation produces two fractions with polydispersities sufficiently narrow to allow them to crystallise. It may not be possible to observe this in experiment due to the intervention of a glass transition.

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页码：531 / 535

页数：5

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