Coexistence of hexatic and isotropic phases in two-dimensional Yukawa systems

Details Coexistence of hexatic and isotropic phases in two-dimensional Yukawa systems Coexistence of hexatic and isotropic phases in two-dimensional Yukawa systems

2007-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/0709.2035v2

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 245102 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

9 pages, 8 figures. any comments are welcome

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/20/24/245102

We have performed Brownian dynamics simulations on melting of two-dimensional colloidal crystal in which particles interact with Yukawa potential. The pair correlation function and bond-orientational correlation function was calculated in the Yukawa system. An algebraic decay of the bond orientational correlation function was observed. By ruling out the coexistence region, only a unstable hexatic phase was found in the Yukawa systems. But our work shows that the melting of the Yukawa systems is a two-stage melting not consist with the KTHNY theory and the isotropic liquid and the hexatic phase coexistence region was found. Also we have studied point defects in two-dimensional Yukawa systems.

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