Do cylinders exhibit a cubatic phase?
Ronald Blaak, Daan Frenkel, Bela M. Mulder
Abstract
We investigate the possibility that freely rotating cylinders with an aspect ratio L/D=0.9 exhibit a cubatic phase similar to the one found for a system of cut-spheres. We present theoretical arguments why a cubatic phase might occur in this particular system. Monte Carlo simulations do not confirm the existence of a cubatic phase for cylinders. However, they do reveal an unexpected phase behavior between the isotropic and crystalline phase.
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