Grain boundary scars and spherical crystallography

AR Bausch, MJ Bowick, A Cacciuto, AD Dinsmore… - Science, 2003 - science.org
AR Bausch, MJ Bowick, A Cacciuto, AD Dinsmore, MF Hsu, DR Nelson, MG Nikolaides…
Science, 2003science.org
We describe experimental investigations of the structure of two-dimensional spherical
crystals. The crystals, formed by beads self-assembled on water droplets in oil, serve as
model systems for exploring very general theories about the minimum-energy configurations
of particles with arbitrary repulsive interactions on curved surfaces. Above a critical system
size we find that crystals develop distinctive high-angle grain boundaries, or scars, not found
in planar crystals. The number of excess defects in a scar is shown to grow linearly with the …
We describe experimental investigations of the structure of two-dimensional spherical crystals. The crystals, formed by beads self-assembled on water droplets in oil, serve as model systems for exploring very general theories about the minimum-energy configurations of particles with arbitrary repulsive interactions on curved surfaces. Above a critical system size we find that crystals develop distinctive high-angle grain boundaries, or scars, not found in planar crystals. The number of excess defects in a scar is shown to grow linearly with the dimensionless system size. The observed slope is expected to be universal, independent of the microscopic potential.
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