Communication: From close-packed to topologically close-packed: Formation of Laves phases in moderately polydisperse hard-sphere mixtures

Lindquist, BA; Jadrich, RB; Truskett, TM

Truskett, TM (reprint author), Univ Texas Austin, McKetta Dept Chem Engn, Austin, TX 78712 USA.; Truskett, TM (reprint author), Univ Texas Austin, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2018; 148 (19):

Abstract

Particle size polydispersity can help to inhibit crystallization of the hard-sphere fluid into close-packed structures at high packing fractions and t......

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