Bubble Raft Model for a Paraboloidal Crystal

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dc.creatorBowick, Mark J.
dc.creatorGiomi, Luca
dc.creatorShin, Homin
dc.creatorThomas, Creighton K.
dc.date2007-09-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:23:10Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:23:10Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate crystalline order on a two-dimensional paraboloid of revolution by assembling a single layer of millimeter-sized soap bubbles on the surface of a rotating liquid, thus extending the classic work of Bragg and Nye on planar soap bubble rafts. Topological constraints require crystalline configurations to contain a certain minimum number of topological defects such as disclinations or grain boundary scars whose structure is analyzed as a function of the aspect ratio of the paraboloid. We find the defect structure to agree with theoretical predictions and propose a mechanism for scar nucleation in the presence of large Gaussian curvature.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2731
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2731
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. E 77, 021602 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021602
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/155637
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleBubble Raft Model for a Paraboloidal Crystal
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