Hexatic undulations in curved geometries
Hexatic undulations in curved geometries
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DOI:
10.1103/physreve.67.031502
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Nelson, DR
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作者:
Lenz, P;Nelson, DR
We discuss the influence of two-dimensional hexatic order on capillary waves and undulation modes in spherical and cylindrical geometries. In planar geometries, extended bond-orientational order has only a minor effect on the fluctuations of liquid surfaces or lipid bilayers. However, in curved geometries, the long-wavelength spectrum of these ripples is altered. We calculate this frequency shift and discuss applications to spherical vesicles, liquid metal droplets, bubbles and cylindrical jets coated with surface-active molecules, and to multielectron bubbles in liquid helium at low temperatures. Hexatic order also leads to a shift in the threshold for the fission instability of charged droplets and bubbles, and for the Plateau-Rayleigh instability of liquid jets.