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Uncovering liquid-substrate fluctuation effects on crystal growth and disordered hyperuniformity of two-dimensional materials
S. K. Mkhonta, Zhi-Feng Huang, K. R. Elder
We investigate the growth of two-dimensional (2D) crystals on fluctuating surfaces using a phase field crystal model that is relevant on atomic length and diffusive time scales. Mo…
Phase ordering, transformation, and grain growth of two-dimensional binary colloidal crystals: A phase field crystal modeling
Doaa Taha, S. R. Dlamini, S. K. Mkhonta +2
The formation and dynamics of a wide variety of binary two-dimensional ordered structures and superlattices are investigated through a phase field crystal model with sublattice ord…
Grain Boundary Structures and Collective Dynamics of Inversion Domains in Binary Two-Dimensional Materials
Doaa Taha, S. K. Mkhonta, K. R. Elder +1
Understanding and controlling the properties and dynamics of topological defects is a lasting challenge in the study of two-dimensional materials, and is crucial to achieve high-qu…
Soft Elasticity in Nematic Liquid-Crystal Networks
Simiso K. Mkhonta, Dan Vernon, K. R. Elder +1
Liquid-crystal networks consist of weakly crosslinked polymers that are coupled to liquid-crystal molecules. The resultant hybrid system has rich elastic properties. We develop a p…