Using the Rogers-Young (RY) integral equation scheme for the static pair correlation functions combined with the liquid-phase Hansen-Verlet freezing rule, we study the generic behavior of the radial distribution function and static structure factor of monodisperse charge-stabilized suspensions with Yukawa-type repulsive particle interactions at freezing. In a related article, labeled Paper I [J. Gapinski, G. Nägele, and A. Patkowski, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 024507 (2012)], this hybrid method was used to determine two-parameter freezing lines for experimentally controllable parameters, characteristic of suspensions of charged silica spheres in dimethylformamide. A universal scaling of the RY radial distribution function maximum is shown to apply to the liquid-bcc and liquid-fcc segments of the universal freezing line. A thorough analysis is made of the behavior of characteristic distances and wavenumbers, next-neighbor particle coordination numbers, osmotic compressibility factor, and the Ravaché-Mountain-Streett minimum-maximum radial distribution function ratio.
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28 September 2014
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September 24 2014
Freezing lines of colloidal Yukawa spheres. II. Local structure and characteristic lengths
Jacek Gapinski;
Jacek Gapinski
a)
1Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics,
A. Mickiewicz University
, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
2NanoBioMedical Center,
A. Mickiewicz University
, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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Gerhard Nägele;
Gerhard Nägele
3Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-3),
Forschungszentrum Jülich
, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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Adam Patkowski
Adam Patkowski
1Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics,
A. Mickiewicz University
, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
2NanoBioMedical Center,
A. Mickiewicz University
, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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J. Chem. Phys. 141, 124505 (2014)
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Received:
June 16 2014
Accepted:
September 07 2014
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Freezing lines of colloidal Yukawa spheres. I. A Rogers-Young integral equation study
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Jacek Gapinski, Gerhard Nägele, Adam Patkowski; Freezing lines of colloidal Yukawa spheres. II. Local structure and characteristic lengths. J. Chem. Phys. 28 September 2014; 141 (12): 124505. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895965
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