Phase diagram and structural diversity of the densest binary sphere packings

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

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 107

JO - Physical review letters

JF - Physical review letters

IS - 12

M1 - 125501

ER -