Phase transitions of a lattice-model for patchy particles with tetrahedral symmetry

N. G. Almarza (1) , Eva G Noya (2)

1 CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain]
2 IQFR - Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano

We present a simple lattice model which gives account of the low temperature phase equilibria of patchy particles with tetrahedral symmetry. Using such a model the phase diagram was computed as a function of the model parameters by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Depending on the details of the particle interactions a low-density ordered phase with diamond structure can appear as thermodynamically stable phase.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

N. G. Almarza, Eva G Noya. Phase transitions of a lattice-model for patchy particles with tetrahedral symmetry. Molecular Physics, 2010, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00268976.2010.523521⟩. ⟨hal-00640436⟩