Phase diagram of a polydisperse soft-spheres model for liquids and colloids

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dc.creatorFernandez, L. A.
dc.creatorMartin-Mayor, V.
dc.creatorVerrocchio, P.
dc.date2006-09-08
dc.date2007-01-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:54:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:54:41Z
dc.descriptionThe phase diagram of soft spheres with size dispersion has been studied by means of an optimized Monte Carlo algorithm which allows to equilibrate below the kinetic glass transition for all sizes distribution. The system ubiquitously undergoes a first order freezing transition. While for small size dispersion the frozen phase has a crystalline structure, large density inhomogeneities appear in the highly disperse systems. Studying the interplay between the equilibrium phase diagram and the kinetic glass transition, we argue that the experimentally found terminal polydispersity of colloids is a purely kinetic phenomenon.
dc.descriptionVersion to be published in Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609204
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609204
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 98, 085702 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.085702
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/126701
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titlePhase diagram of a polydisperse soft-spheres model for liquids and colloids
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