Emergent Geometry of Inhomogeneous Planar Crystals

Uniform triangular crystals are the ground state for particles that interact isotropically in two dimensions. However, when immersed in an external potential, for example, one arising from an electric field, a flow field, or gravity, the resulting phases are significantly distorted in a way reminisc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vishal Soni, Leopoldo R. Gómez, William T. M. Irvine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018-03-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.011039