| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 60, Number 4, November 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 636 - 642 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00265-7 | |
| Published online | 01 November 2002 | |
Melting-freezing cycles in a relatively sheared pair of crystalline monolayers
1
Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore 560012, India
2
Materials Research Centre, IISc - Bangalore 560012, India
Corresponding authors: moumita@physics.iisc.ernet.in, sriram@physics.iisc.ernet.in, garani@mrc.iisc.ernet.in
Received:
16
April
2002
Accepted:
10
September
2002
The nonequilibrium dynamical behaviour that arises when two ordered two-dimensional monolayers of particles are sheared over each other is studied in Brownian dynamics simulations. A curious sequence of nonequilibrium states is observed as the driving rate is increased, the most striking of which is a sliding state with irregular alternation between disordered and ordered states. We comment on possible mechanisms underlying these cycles, and experiments that could observe them.
PACS: 82.70.Dd – Colloids / 62.20.Fe – Deformation and plasticity (including yield, ductility, and superplasticity) / 81.40.Pq – Friction, lubrication, and wear
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