Precursor nuclei on the bottom of a vibrating container: The onset of granular self-assembly crystallization
Pacheco-Martinez, H. A. 1Peraza-Mues, G. 2Penunuri, F. 1Carvente, O.1
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1. Univ Autonoma Yucatan
2. Univ Politecn Yucatan
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Abstract
Kinetic energy is transferred through collisions to the millimeter particles that are in contact with the base of a vertically vibrated 3D container. In the early stages of a vibrational annealing process where the dimensionless acceleration is kept constant, the spontaneous appearance and disappearance of unstable clusters of ordered particles near the bottom surface of the container is observed. In later stages of this vibra-tional annealing process, the precursor nuclei stabilize becoming stable crystal seeds which resembles a thermal phase transition. Molecular Dynamics simulations based on these experimental observations are used to study the unstable-stable transition. The Ornstein-Zernike equation using the Percus-Yevick closure is applied to the stages be-fore and after the observation of the stable crystal seeds in order to extract the effective potentials associated with the phase transition. Both the radial distribution function and the effective potentials show a clear correspondence of the spatial correlation as the crystallization phase begins to appear. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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