Reentrant melting of a classical two-dimensional binary cluster
- Universiteit antwerpen, Groenborgenlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen (Belgium)
- Institute of Semiconductor physics, Lavrentiev Avenue 13, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
A system of classical charged particles interacting through a dipole repulsive potential, which are confined in a two-dimensional hardwall trap, is studied. The cluster consists of 16 particles, together with 4 defect particles. The technique of Brownian dynamics is used to simulate experimental binary colloidal systems. The melting properties and the reentrant behavior of the system, which was studied before for clusters of identical particles, are studied for the binary mixture. The defect particles, which have a smaller charge than the other particles, stabilize the cluster, melt at a higher value of the coupling parameter {gamma} as compared to the other particles and have a strong influence on the melting properties of the other particles.
- OSTI ID:
- 20726785
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 799, Issue 1; Conference: 4. international conference on the physics of dusty plasmas, Orleans (France), 13-17 Jun 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2134636; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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