Geometrical percolation of hard-core ellipsoids of revolution in the continuum
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Shiho Akagawa1, Takashi Odagaki
1Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Abstract:
The percolation threshold of hard prolate ellipsoids of revolution dispersed in a continuum is obtained as a function of the aspect ratio. First random close packing of ellipsoids is produced by a dropping-and-shaking protocol. Two ellipsoids are regarded as connected when they come sufficiently close. Then a given fraction of ellipsoids selected randomly is removed and percolation of remaining ellipsoids is investigated as the fraction of remaining ellipsoids is varied. It is shown that the critical volume fraction of the colored ellipsoids is a decreasing function of the aspect ratio and that the aspect ratio dependence is well fitted by the inverse of the interaction range determined by the surface area and the radius of gyration of the ellipsoid surface.
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