Growth of two-dimensional decagonal colloidal quasicrystals

Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : an Institute of Physics Journal
M Martinsons, Michael Schmiedeberg

Abstract

The growth of quasicrystals, i.e. structures with long-range positional order but no periodic translational symmetry, is more complex than the growth of periodic crystals. By employing Brownian dynamics simulations in two dimensions for colloidal particles that interact according to an isotropic pair potential with two incommensurate lengths, we study the growth of quasicrystalline structures by sequentially depositing particles at their surface. We quantify the occurrence of quasicrystalline order as a function of the temperature and the rate of added particles. In addition, we explore defects like local triangular order or gaps within the quasicrystalline structure. Furthermore, we analyze the shapes of the surfaces in grown structures which tend to build straight lines along the symmetry axes of the quasicrystal. Finally, we identify phasonic flips which are rearrangements of the particles due to additional degrees of freedom. The number of phasonic flips decreases with the distance to the surface.

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