Detached topological charge on capillary bridges

We numerically investigate crystalline order on negative Gaussian curvature capillary bridges. In agreement with the experimental results in [W. Irvine et al., Nature, "Pleats in crystals on curved surfaces", 2010, (468), 947]} we observe for decreasing integrated Gaussian curvature a sequ...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2014-01
Main Authors: Schmid, Verena, Voigt, Axel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crystal defects
Curvature
Dependence
Disclinations
Dislocations
Scars
Topology
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Summary:We numerically investigate crystalline order on negative Gaussian curvature capillary bridges. In agreement with the experimental results in [W. Irvine et al., Nature, "Pleats in crystals on curved surfaces", 2010, (468), 947]} we observe for decreasing integrated Gaussian curvature a sequence of transitions, from no defects to isolated dislocations, pleats, scars and isolated sevenfold disclinations. We especially focus on the dependency of the detached topological charge on the integrated Gaussian curvature, for which we observe, again in agreement with the experimental results, no net disclination for an integrated curvature down to -10, and a linear behaviour from there on until the disclinations match the integrated curvature of -12. The results are obtained using a phase field crystal approach on catenoid-like surfaces and are highly sensitive to the initialization.
ISSN:2331-8422