In the presence of the substrate, various structural and dynamical properties of two-dimensional dusty plasma (2DDP) were investigated using Langevin dynamical simulations. This paper reviews a series of results of the structural and dynamical properties of 2DDP modified by one-dimensional periodic substrates (1DPSs) as follows. First, when the depth of the 1DPS increases gradually, it is found that the static structural order of 2DDP along each potential well of the 1DPS increases first and then decreases gradually. When the width of the 1DPS increases gradually, the particle arrangement in each potential well of the 1DPS changes from one straight row gradually to two rows, including the stable zigzag structure. Second, when there are two rows in each potential well of the 1DPS, the phonon spectra are split into two branches, corresponding to the breathing and sloshing modes, respectively. In addition, due to the pure repulsion between dust particles, from the obtained phonon spectra, the sloshing wave propagates backward at small wave numbers. Third, the calculated mean square displacement shown that, at the intermediate timescale between the initial ballistic and final diffusive motions, the particle motion tends to be more subdiffusive while the depth of the 1DPS increases. While the width of the 1DPS increases gradually, the long-time diffusive motion first increases, then decreases, and finally increases again, exhibiting the oscillation-like diffusion, due to the stable zigzag structure. Finally, when an external direct-current driving force is applied on all particles of 2DDP, three different depinning phases are discovered, which are the pinned, disordered plastic flow, and moving ordered states, respectively, as the driving force increases from zero. In addition, the continuous/discontinuous property of the phase transition between these different depinning states is investigated, showing that the transition property is modulated by the depth of the applied 1DPS.
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April 20 2021
Structure and dynamical properties of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on one-dimensional periodic substrates
Yan Feng
;
Yan Feng
a)
1
Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University
, Suzhou 215006, China
2
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University
, Nanjing 210093, China
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Wei Li;
Wei Li
a)
3
School of Science, Nantong University
, Nantong 226019, China
4
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University
, Suzhou 215006, China
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C. Reichhardt
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C. Reichhardt
5
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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C. J. O. Reichhardt
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C. J. O. Reichhardt
5
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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M. S. Murillo
M. S. Murillo
6
Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Note: This paper is part of the Special Collection: Plasma Physics and Science in Current and Next Generation Semiconductor Process.
Phys. Plasmas 28, 040501 (2021)
Article history
Received:
January 15 2021
Accepted:
March 29 2021
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Yan Feng, Wei Li, C. Reichhardt, C. J. O. Reichhardt, M. S. Murillo; Structure and dynamical properties of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on one-dimensional periodic substrates. Phys. Plasmas 1 April 2021; 28 (4): 040501. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044382
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