Confinement-induced demixing and crystallization

2020/06/19 by Gerhard Jung, Charlotte F. Petersen · 14 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic packing factor #Chemical engineering #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Crystallization #Crystallography #Hard spheres #Hexagonal crystal system #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Optics #Phase (matter) #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #Physics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #Thermodynamics #Wedge (geometry) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.soft

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.2.033207

published in Physical Review Research 2(3) (American Physical Society)

arxiv created 2020/06/19 · openalex publication_date 2020/08/06 · arxiv updated 2020/08/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The authors calculate the phase diagram of a mixture of size-disperse hard spheres in confinement. Despite the fact that this mixture is the prototypical model of a glass forming liquid, the authors find that when it is confined between walls, crystals form at densities below the glass transition point.

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