%0 Book Section %1 statphys23_0986 %A Reichhardt, C.R. %B Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics %C Genova, Italy %D 2007 %E Pietronero, Luciano %E Loreto, Vittorio %E Zapperi, Stefano %K colloid fragmentation magic number statphys23 topic-7 %T Structure and Fragmentation in Colloidal Artificial Molecules and Nuclei %U http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=986 %X Motivated by recent experiments on colloidal systems with competing attractive and repulsive interactions, we simulate a two-dimensional system of colloids with competing interactions that can undergo fragmentation. In the absence of any other confining potential, the colloids can form stable clusters depending on the strength of the short range attractive term. By suddenly changing the strength of one of the interaction terms we find a rich variety of fragmentation behavior which is affected by the existence of magic cluster numbers. Such soft matter systems can be used to construct artificial nuclei.

@incollection{statphys23_0986, abstract = {Motivated by recent experiments on colloidal systems with competing attractive and repulsive interactions, we simulate a two-dimensional system of colloids with competing interactions that can undergo fragmentation. In the absence of any other confining potential, the colloids can form stable clusters depending on the strength of the short range attractive term. By suddenly changing the strength of one of the interaction terms we find a rich variety of fragmentation behavior which is affected by the existence of magic cluster numbers. Such soft matter systems can be used to construct artificial nuclei.}, added-at = {2007-06-20T10:16:09.000+0200}, address = {Genova, Italy}, author = {Reichhardt, C.R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27c20a7f54df70172a16fd6c43dc5d859/statphys23}, booktitle = {Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics}, editor = {Pietronero, Luciano and Loreto, Vittorio and Zapperi, Stefano}, interhash = {4cebffc58ae5265626d56e4ecf4ce9bc}, intrahash = {7c20a7f54df70172a16fd6c43dc5d859}, keywords = {colloid fragmentation magic number statphys23 topic-7}, month = {9-13 July}, timestamp = {2007-06-20T10:16:36.000+0200}, title = {Structure and Fragmentation in Colloidal Artificial Molecules and Nuclei}, url = {http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=986}, year = 2007 }