Structure of binary colloidal systems confined in a quasi-one-dimensional channel

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Apr;79(4 Pt 1):041406. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.041406. Epub 2009 Apr 23.

Abstract

The structural properties of a binary colloidal quasi-one-dimensional system confined in a narrow channel are investigated through modified Monte Carlo simulations. Two species of particles with different magnetic moment interact through a repulsive dipole-dipole force are confined in a quasi-one-dimensional channel. The impact of three decisive parameters (the density of particles, the magnetic-moment ratio, and the fraction between the two species) on the transition from disordered phase to crystal-like phases and the transitions among the different mixed phases are summarized in a phase diagram.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't