J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 (21 October 2009) 424110 (8pp) doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/42/424110
Multilayered crystals of macroions under slit confinement
E C Oğuz, R Messina and H Löwen
Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf,
Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf,
Germany
E-mail: ecoguz@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de, messina@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de and hlowen@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.deAbstract.
The crystalline ground state of macroions confined between two neutral parallel plates in
the presence of their homogeneously spread counterions is calculated by lattice sum
minimization of candidate phases involving up to six layers. For increasing macroion
density, a cascade of solid–solid transitions is found involving various multilayered crystals.
The cascade includes triangular monolayer and buckled bilayer as well as rhombic, squared
and triangular phase structures.
Print publication: Issue 42 (21 October 2009)Received 20 April 2009
Published 29 September 2009
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