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Abstract
We calculate the layer-resolved local fivefold symmetry of liquids near interfaces using computer simulation of hard sphere fluids on structured substrates. In the first few adjacent liquid layers, the presence of a surface suppresses local icosahedral packing while the magnitude of local fivefold symmetry in the next layers depends on details of the particle-substrate interaction. For a strong particle-substrate attraction, the local fivefold symmetry in these layers is higher than in the bulk liquid.Year: 2002 PMID: 11863524 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.021501
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ISSN: 1539-3755