Phase behaviour of hard spheres confined between parallel hard plates: Manipulation of colloidal crystal structures by confinement

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 18, Issue 28, 2006, Pages

  Fortini, Andrea ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FREE ENERGY; SPHERES;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; CRYSTAL LAYERS; FLUID-SOLID TRANSITION; PLATE SEPARATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33745605251     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/28/L02     Document Type: Article

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