Superlubric-pinned transition of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma under a periodic triangular substrate

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Autores principales: Huang, Y., Reichhardt, C., Reichhardt, C. J. O., Feng, Yan
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Publicado: 2022
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author Huang, Y.
Reichhardt, C.
Reichhardt, C. J. O.
Feng, Yan
author_facet Huang, Y.
Reichhardt, C.
Reichhardt, C. J. O.
Feng, Yan
contents The superlubric-pinned transition in the depinning dynamics of a two-dimensional (2D) solid dusty plasma modulated by 2D triangular periodic substrates is investigated using Langevin dynamical simulations. When the lattice structure of the 2D solid dusty plasma perfectly matches the triangular substrate, two distinctive pinned and moving ordered states are observed, as the external uniform driving force gradually increases from zero. When there is a mismatch between the lattice structure and the triangular substrate, however, on shallow substrates, it is discovered that all of the particles can slide freely on the substrate even when the applied driving force is tiny. This is a typical example of superlubricity, which is caused by the competition between the substrate-particle and particle-particle interactions. If the substrate depth increases further, as the driving force increases from zero, there are three dynamical states consisting of the pinned, the disordered plastic flow, and the moving ordered. In an underdense system, where there are fewer particles than potential well minima, it is found that the occurrence of the three different dynamical states is controlled by the depth of the substrate, which is quantitatively characterized using the average mobility.
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spellingShingle Superlubric-pinned transition of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma under a periodic triangular substrate
Huang, Y.
Reichhardt, C.
Reichhardt, C. J. O.
Feng, Yan
Plasma Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
The superlubric-pinned transition in the depinning dynamics of a two-dimensional (2D) solid dusty plasma modulated by 2D triangular periodic substrates is investigated using Langevin dynamical simulations. When the lattice structure of the 2D solid dusty plasma perfectly matches the triangular substrate, two distinctive pinned and moving ordered states are observed, as the external uniform driving force gradually increases from zero. When there is a mismatch between the lattice structure and the triangular substrate, however, on shallow substrates, it is discovered that all of the particles can slide freely on the substrate even when the applied driving force is tiny. This is a typical example of superlubricity, which is caused by the competition between the substrate-particle and particle-particle interactions. If the substrate depth increases further, as the driving force increases from zero, there are three dynamical states consisting of the pinned, the disordered plastic flow, and the moving ordered. In an underdense system, where there are fewer particles than potential well minima, it is found that the occurrence of the three different dynamical states is controlled by the depth of the substrate, which is quantitatively characterized using the average mobility.
title Superlubric-pinned transition of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma under a periodic triangular substrate
topic Plasma Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.11342