TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase diagram and structural diversity of the densest binary sphere packings
AU - Hopkins, Adam B.
AU - Jiao, Yang
AU - Stillinger, Frank H.
AU - Torquato, Salvatore
PY - 2011/9/13
Y1 - 2011/9/13
N2 - The densest binary sphere packings have historically been very difficult to determine. The only rigorously known packings in the α-x plane of sphere radius ratio α and relative concentration x are at the Kepler limit α=1, where packings are monodisperse. Utilizing an implementation of the Torquato-Jiao sphere-packing algorithm, we present the most comprehensive determination to date of the phase diagram in (α,x) for the densest binary sphere packings. Unexpectedly, we find many distinct new densest packings.
AB - The densest binary sphere packings have historically been very difficult to determine. The only rigorously known packings in the α-x plane of sphere radius ratio α and relative concentration x are at the Kepler limit α=1, where packings are monodisperse. Utilizing an implementation of the Torquato-Jiao sphere-packing algorithm, we present the most comprehensive determination to date of the phase diagram in (α,x) for the densest binary sphere packings. Unexpectedly, we find many distinct new densest packings.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.125501
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.125501
M3 - Article
C2 - 22026775
AN - SCOPUS:80052705041
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 107
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 12
M1 - 125501
ER -