Phase diagram and structural diversity of the densest binary sphere packings.
The densest binary sphere packings have historically been very difficult to determine. The only rigorously known packings in the α-x plane of sphere radius ratio α and relative concentration x are at the Kepler limit α=1, where packings are monodisperse. Utilizing an implementation of the Torquato-Jiao sphere-packing algorithm [S. Torquato and Y. Jiao, Phys. Rev. E 82, 061302 (2010)], we present the most comprehensive determination to date of the phase diagram in (α,x) for the densest binary sphere packings. Unexpectedly, we find many distinct new densest packings.
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Adam B
AB
Hopkins
Yang
Y
Jiao
Frank H
FH
Stillinger
Salvatore
S
Torquato