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Dynamical arrest of topological defects in 2D hyperuniform disk packings.

Authors :
Hong, Sungyeon
Klatt, Michael A.
Schröder-Turk, Gerd
François, Nicolas
Saadatfar, Mohammad
Source :
EPJ Web of Conferences. 6/7/2021, Vol. 249, p1-4. 4p.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We investigate collective motions of points in 2D systems, orchestrated by Lloyd algorithm. The algorithm iteratively updates a system by minimising the total quantizer energy of the Voronoi landscape of the system. As a result of a tradeoff between energy minimisation and geometric frustration, we find that optimised systems exhibit a defective landscape along the process, where strands of 5- and 7-coordinated dislocations are embedded in the hexatic phase. In particular, dipole defects, each of which is the simplest possible pair of a pentagon and a heptagon, come into the picture of dynamical arrest, as the system freezes down to a disordered hyperuniform state. Moreover, we explore the packing fractions of 2D disk packings associated to the obtained hyperuniform systems by considering the maximum inscribed disks in their Voronoi cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21016275
Volume :
249
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
EPJ Web of Conferences
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
155843038
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124915002