Abstract
The freezing of a two-dimensional binary hard-disk (BHD) liquid is investigated using an alternative density-functional approach. Our calculation indicates that within disk diameter ratios 0.8<<1, a BHD liquid freezes into a substitutionally disordered triangular lattice via a weak first-order transition, in contrast to the hexatic phase (for 0.8<<0.9) predicted from a computer-generated random-packing model. the BHD liquid also does not show the eutectic phase diagram found for binary hard spheres in three dimensions, but only spindle or azeotrope phase diagrams.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2064-2067 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics