A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal

Metere, Alfredo; Oleynikov, Peter; Dzugutov, Mikhail; Lidin, Sven

doi:10.1039/c6sm01832g

Title: A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Soft Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01832g· OSTI ID:1393354

Metere, Alfredo ^[1]; Oleynikov, Peter ^[2]; Dzugutov, Mikhail ^[3]; Lidin, Sven ^[4]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Computational Materials Science in the Condensed Matter and Materials Division
Stockholm University (Sweden). Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden). Department of Mathematics
Lund University (Sweden). Division of Polymer & Materials Chemistry

In this paper, we report a solid smectic phase that exhibits dodecagonal global order. It is composed of axially stacked hexagonally ordered particle layers, and its 12-fold rotational symmetry induced by the 30° rotation of adjacent layers with respect to each other. A quasicrystal was produced in a molecular-dynamics simulation of a single-component system of particles interacting via a spherically-symmetric potential. It was formed as a result of a first-order phase transition from an isotropic liquid state that occurred under constant-density cooling. This finding implies that a similarly structured quasicrystal can possibly be produced by the same class of systems as those forming smectic-B crystals. Lastly, this quasicrystal can also be expected to arise in a system of spherically-shaped colloidal particles with appropriately tuned potential.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1393354

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-702340; SMOABF

Journal Information:: Soft Matter, Vol. 12, Issue 43; ISSN 1744-683X

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Language:: English

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