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Title: A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Computational Materials Science in the Condensed Matter and Materials Division
  2. Stockholm University (Sweden). Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
  3. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden). Department of Mathematics
  4. Lund University (Sweden). Division of Polymer & Materials Chemistry
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1393354
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-702340
Journal ID: ISSN 1744-683X; SMOABF
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Soft Matter
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 43; Journal ID: ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Metere, Alfredo, Oleynikov, Peter, Dzugutov, Mikhail, and Lidin, Sven. A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/c6sm01832g.
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Metere, Alfredo, Oleynikov, Peter, Dzugutov, Mikhail, & Lidin, Sven. A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01832g
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Metere, Alfredo, Oleynikov, Peter, Dzugutov, Mikhail, and Lidin, Sven. Thu . "A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01832g. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1393354.
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@article{osti_1393354,
title = {A smectic dodecagonal quasicrystal},
author = {Metere, Alfredo and Oleynikov, Peter and Dzugutov, Mikhail and Lidin, Sven},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1039/c6sm01832g},
journal = {Soft Matter},
number = 43,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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