Computing optimal interfacial structure of modulated phases

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Xu, Jie; Wang, Chu; Shi, An-Chang; Zhang, Pingwen;

(2016)

Related identifiers: doi: 10.4208/cicp.OA-2016-0020
Subject: Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter

We propose a general framework of computing interfacial structures between two modulated phases. Specifically we propose to use a computational box consisting of two half spaces, each occupied by a modulated phase with given position and orientation. The boundary condit... View more

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