Order in two-dimensional binary random arrays

TitleOrder in two-dimensional binary random arrays
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1982
AuthorsDR Nelson, M Rubinstein, and F Spaepen
JournalPhilosophical Magazine A
Pagination105 - 126
Date Published01/1982
Abstract

ISSN: 0141-8610 (Print) 1460-6992 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tpha20 ABSTRACT Translational and orientational order in randomly packed planar arrays of hard spheres of two different sizes is investigated. For an appropriate size ratio, we find a dilute phase without translational order, but with very-long-range correlations in the orientations of local hexagonal axes. The phase appears to be a quenched analogue of the equilibrium hexatic phase, which appears in two-dimensional melting theories. The peculiar properties of this hexatic glass are attributed to the tendency of a dilute array of large spheres imbedded in a medium of smaller spheres to trap dislocations. Significant orientational correlations also appear in more concentrated mixtures, giving rise to a six-fold modulation of the structure function in large, but finite, samples.

DOI10.1080/01418618208236211
Short TitlePhilosophical Magazine A