Phase diagram of Hertzian spheres

Details Phase diagram of Hertzian spheres Phase diagram of Hertzian spheres

2008-11-13

arxiv.org/abs/0811.2227v4

J. Chem. Phys. 131, 044514 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3186742

We report the phase diagram of interpenetrating Hertzian spheres. The Hertz potential is purely repulsive, bounded at zero separation, and decreases monotonically as a power law with exponent 5/2, vanishing at the overlapping threshold. This simple functional describes the elastic interaction of weakly deformable bodies and, therefore, it is a reliable physical model of soft macromolecules, like star polymers and globular micelles. Using thermodynamic integration and extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we computed accurate free energies of the fluid phase and a large number of crystal structures. For this, we defined a general primitive unit cell that allows for the simulation of any lattice. We found multiple re-entrant melting and first-order transitions between crystals with cubic, trigonal, tetragonal, and hexagonal symmetries.

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