title: Structure of binary colloidal systems confined in a quasi-one-dimensional channel.
abstract: The structural properties of a binary colloidal quasi-one-dimensional system confined in a narrow channel are investigated through modified Monte Carlo simulations. Two species of particles with different magnetic moment interact through a repulsive dipole-dipole force are confined in a quasi-one-dimensional channel. The impact of three decisive parameters (the density of particles, the magnetic-moment ratio, and the fraction between the two species) on the transition from disordered phase to crystal-like phases and the transitions among the different mixed phases are summarized in a phase diagram.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1129, Hefei 230031, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kwinten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nelissen
authors.forename: Minghui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Peeters