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Phonons in an entropic crystal

Cheng1, Zhu, Russel

  • 1Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|September 6, 2000
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Hard spheres crystallize entropically. Novel dynamic light scattering techniques revealed the phonon spectrum of random hexagonal close-packed crystals, showing closer relation to hexagonal close-packed (hcp) than face-centered cubic (fcc) structures.

Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Crystallization in hard sphere systems is driven by entropy, not inter-particle forces.
  • The anharmonic nature of excluded-volume interactions in hard spheres necessitates understanding their phonon spectrum.
  • Phonon dynamics are crucial for characterizing crystal properties and phase transitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure single-particle motion and the phonon spectrum in entropically crystallized hard spheres.
  • To investigate the phonon dispersion relation in random hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystals.
  • To compare the phonon spectrum of random hcp with theoretical models for hexagonal close-packed (hcp) and face-centered cubic (fcc) crystals.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized dynamic light scattering (DLS) with advanced techniques.

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  • Employed multispeckle cross-correlation on a charge-coupled device (CCD) chip for enhanced data acquisition.
  • Grew large single crystals of hard spheres using a controlled temperature gradient method.

    • Main Results:

    • Successfully measured the single-particle dynamics and phonon spectrum of hard sphere crystals.
    • Determined that the phonon dispersion relation of the random hexagonal close-packed crystal more closely resembles that of hcp than fcc.
    • Provided experimental evidence for the distinct vibrational properties of entropically formed crystals.

    Conclusions:

    • The phonon spectrum of hard sphere crystals is experimentally accessible using advanced DLS techniques.
    • Entropically driven crystallization leads to a specific phonon behavior that differentiates between hcp and fcc structures.
    • This study offers insights into the fundamental physics of crystallization and the nature of collective excitations in disordered systems.