Stripes, zigzags, and slow dynamics in buckled hard spheres

Yair Shokef*, Tom C. Lubensky

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Abstract

We study the analogy between buckled colloidal monolayers and the triangular-lattice Ising antiferromagnet. We calculate free-volume-induced Ising interactions, show how lattice deformations favor zigzag stripes that partially remove the Ising model ground-state degeneracy, and identify the martensitic mechanism prohibiting perfect stripes. Slowly inflating the spheres yields jamming as well as logarithmically slow relaxation reminiscent of the glassy dynamics observed experimentally.

Original languageEnglish
Article number048303
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume102
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Jan 2009
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation0520020

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