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Ground-state clusters for short-range attractive and long-range repulsive potentials.

S Mossa1, F Sciortino, P Tartaglia

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM Udr and SOFT, Complex Dynamics in Structured Systems, Università di Roma La Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy. mossa@esrf.fr

Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids
|November 17, 2004
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Stable, one-dimensional clusters form when particles interact via attractive and repulsive potentials. These findings reveal conditions for creating stable cluster phases with specific energy minima at finite sizes.

Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Computational physics

Background:

  • Understanding particle interactions is crucial for predicting material properties.
  • Lennard-Jones and Yukawa potentials model short-range attraction and long-range repulsion.
  • Cluster formation is influenced by inter-particle forces and thermodynamic conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To calculate ground-state energies and geometries of particle clusters.
  • To investigate the impact of combined attractive and repulsive potentials on cluster stability.
  • To identify conditions favoring the formation of thermodynamically stable cluster phases.

Main Methods:

  • Simulations of particle clusters up to 80 particles.
  • Utilized a generalized Lennard-Jones potential for attraction.

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  • Employed a Yukawa potential for repulsion.
  • Analyzed ground-state energies and geometric configurations.

    • Main Results:

    • A minimum in ground-state energy per particle was observed at finite cluster sizes for specific potential parameters.
    • Thermodynamically stable cluster phases can form under specific conditions (low temperature, low packing fraction).
    • Ground-state clusters showed marginal spherical stability, with a tendency to grow one-dimensionally above a certain size.

    Conclusions:

    • Specific combinations of attractive and repulsive potentials can lead to stable, finite-sized clusters.
    • The study identifies conditions for forming thermodynamically stable cluster phases.
    • Cluster growth transitions from spherical to predominantly one-dimensional with increasing size.