Jamming within Lattices
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Abstract
Numerical methods are used in two dimensions to find the minimum energy configuration of soft bidisperse spheres, in the presence of lattices of fixed, pointlike particles. The lattice provides a supporting structure for the jammed configuration, resulting in changes in the jamming threshold. The excess coordination number and other properties of interest near jamming are calculated as a function of the lattice structure and number density.
*Acknowledgement is made to the donors of the Petrolium Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society.