Entropic crystal-crystal transitions of Brownian squares

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2684-2687

  Zhao, Kun ^a   Bruinsma, Robijn ^a   Mason, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid; Phase behavior; Structure; Thermal fluctuations; Two dimensions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTROPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ROTATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79952613309     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014942108     Document Type: Article

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