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Non-hexagonal lattices from a two species interacting system

Analysis of PDEs 2019-02-27 v1

Abstract

A two species interacting system motivated by the density functional theory for triblock copolymers contains long range interaction that affects the two species differently. In a two species periodic assembly of discs, the two species appear alternately on a lattice. A minimal two species periodic assembly is one with the least energy per lattice cell area. There is a parameter bb in [0,1][0,1] and the type of the lattice associated with a minimal assembly varies depending on bb. There are several thresholds defined by a number B=0.1867...B=0.1867... If b[0,B)b \in [0, B), a minimal assembly is associated with a rectangular lattice whose ratio of the longer side and the shorter side is in [3,1)[\sqrt{3}, 1); if b[B,1B]b \in [B, 1-B], a minimal assembly is associated with a square lattice; if b(1B,1]b \in (1-B, 1], a minimal assembly is associated with a rhombic lattice with an acute angle in [π3,π2)[\frac{\pi}{3}, \frac{\pi}{2}). Only when b=1b=1, this rhombic lattice is a hexagonal lattice. None of the other values of bb yields a hexagonal lattice, a sharp contrast to the situation for one species interacting systems, where hexagonal lattices are ubiquitously observed.

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@article{arxiv.1902.09611,
  title  = {Non-hexagonal lattices from a two species interacting system},
  author = {Senping Luo and Xiaofeng Ren and Juncheng Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.09611},
  year   = {2019}
}
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