Melting, freezing, and dynamics of two-dimensional dipole systems in screening bulk media

Ye. K. Aldakul, Zh. A. Moldabekov, and T. S. Ramazanov
Phys. Rev. E 102, 033205 – Published 16 September 2020

Abstract

This paper reports on the molecular dynamics simulations of classical two-dimensional (2D) electric dipole systems. The properties of 2D systems with bare (nonscreened) and screened dipole-dipole interactions have been investigated. Based on the polygon construction method, we present simulation results on the phase transition, and we locate the melting and freezing points of 2D dipole systems in terms of a polygon disorder parameter, with the polygon disorder parameter being the sum of nontriangular polygon order parameters. It was found that the phase transition of the system occurs when the polygon disorder parameter has a value 0.165. This result was cross-checked by using both local and overall orientational order parameters. We also identified that the value of the average local orientational order parameter at the phase transition point is 0.67. These results are valid for the ordinary (bare) dipole-dipole interaction as well as the screened dipole-dipole interaction, and they are expected to be general for other 2D systems with repulsive pair interaction. We observed that both melting and freezing points shift to lower values of temperature due to screening. In the liquid state, the radial distribution function and polygon construction method show the loss of order in a structure as screening becomes more severe. Furthermore, the impact of screening on the system's collective excitation spectra and diffusive characteristics at liquid and solid states has been studied. Results show the decrease in the values of both longitudinal and transverse sound speeds and the emergence of anomalous superdiffusive motion in the liquid state due to screening.

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  • Received 5 May 2020
  • Accepted 31 August 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.033205

©2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Plasma PhysicsStatistical Physics & Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Ye. K. Aldakul and Zh. A. Moldabekov2,*

  • Institute of Applied Sciences and IT, 40-48 Shashkin Str., 050038 Almaty, Kazakhstan and Institute for Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 Al-Farabi Str., 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan

T. S. Ramazanov

  • Institute for Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 Al-Farabi Str., 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • *zhandos@physics.kz

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Vol. 102, Iss. 3 — September 2020

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