Xu X, Tang T, Gu M. Structural transitions in two-dimensional modulated systems under triangular confinement.
Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 2022;
45:72. [PMID:
36070024 DOI:
10.1140/epje/s10189-022-00229-8]
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Abstract
We study numerically the structural transitions of two-dimensional systems of classic particles with competing interactions under a triangular confinement with two different types of soft-wall potentials. We observe a variety of novel confinement-induced equilibrium configurations as a function of particle density and confinement steepness for each considered confinement potential. The specific role played by the confining potentials on the ordering of the particle clusters is revealed. These findings allow us to control the self-organization of modulated systems through using external confinements.
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