Quasicrystalline Phase with Eighteen-Fold Diffraction Symmetry in Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate two-dimensional systems, which are composed of one type of particle, with mutual interactions of Lennard-Jones-Gauss potentials. Under certain conditions, the model system tends to organize itself into quasiperiodic lattices with a certain rotatio...

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Published in:Chinese physics letters 2012-05, Vol.29 (5), p.50204-1-050204-3
Main Authors: Chen, Zhi-Wei, Fu, Xiu-Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Diffraction
Diffraction patterns
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Molecular dynamics
Rotational
Symmetry
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Summary:Using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate two-dimensional systems, which are composed of one type of particle, with mutual interactions of Lennard-Jones-Gauss potentials. Under certain conditions, the model system tends to organize itself into quasiperiodic lattices with a certain rotational symmetry. Diffraction patterns with eighteen-fold symmetry are observed.
ISSN:0256-307X
1741-3540
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/29/5/050204