Laser-induced freezing in 2-d colloids

Das, Chinmay ; Chaudhuri, Pinaki ; Sood, A. K. ; Krishnamurthy, H. R. (2001) Laser-induced freezing in 2-d colloids Current Science, 80 (8). pp. 959-971. ISSN 0011-3891

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Abstract

Dielectric colloid particles prefer occupying the intensity maxima of an applied stationary interference pattern of laser beams. A 2-d system of colloidal liquid freezes to form a triangular lattice structure when the external laser modulation is in 1-d and the period of the intensity maxima is commensurate to that of the triangular lattice. In this article we review our recent simulation results on this phenomenon of laser-induced freezing.

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