Title

Bubble Raft Model for a Paraboloidal Crystal

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Mark Bowick, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYFollow
Luca Giomi, Syracuse University
Homin Shin, Syracuse University
Creighton K. Thomas, Syracuse University

Document Type

Article

Date

9-17-2007

Keywords

Paraboloidal Crystal

Language

English

Acknowledgements

Luca Giomi:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7740-5960

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

We investigate crystalline order on a two-dimensional paraboloid of revolution by assembling a single layer of millimeter-sized soap bubbles on the surface of a rotating liquid, thus extending the classic work of Bragg and Nye on planar soap bubble rafts. Topological constraints require crystalline configurations to contain a certain minimum number of topological defects such as disclinations or grain boundary scars whose structure is analyzed as a function of the aspect ratio of the paraboloid. We find the defect structure to agree with theoretical predictions and propose a mechanism for scar nucleation in the presence of large Gaussian curvature.

Additional Information

4 pages, 4 figures More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2731

Recommended Citation

Bowick, Mark; Giomi, Luca; Shin, Homin; and Thomas, Creighton K., "Bubble Raft Model for a Paraboloidal Crystal" (2007). Physics - All Scholarship. 144.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/144

Source

Harvested from Arxiv.org

Creative Commons License

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