Classifying Crystals of Rounded Tetrahedra and Determining Their Order Parameters Using Dimensionality Reduction
Robin van Damme, Gabriele M. Coli, René van Roij, Marjolein Dijkstra
Abstract
for distinguishing tetragonal structures. We argue that these characteristic combinations are also useful as reliable order parameters in nucleation studies, enhanced sampling techniques, or inverse-design methods involving odd-shaped particles in general.
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TetrahedronTetragonal crystal systemAtomic packing factorSPHERESCrystallographyMaterials scienceHard spheresPhase (matter)Phase diagramNucleationIcosahedral symmetryParticle (ecology)Crystal structurePhysicsChemistryThermodynamicsOceanographyQuantum mechanicsGeologyAstronomyMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationProteins in Food Systems