Dimensionality and Design of Isotropic Interactions that Stabilize Honeycomb, Square, Simple Cubic, and Diamond Lattices

We use inverse methods of statistical mechanics and computer simulations to investigate whether an isotropic interaction designed to stabilize a given two-dimensional lattice will also favor an analogous three-dimensional structure, and vice versa. Specifically, we determine the 3D-ordered lattices...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Avni Jain, Jeffrey R. Errington, Thomas M. Truskett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-09-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031049