Crystalline particle packings on constant mean curvature (Delaunay) surfaces
Crystalline particle packings on constant mean curvature (Delaunay) surfaces
We investigate the structure of crystalline particle arrays on constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces of revolution. Such curved crystals have been realized physically by creating charge-stabilized colloidal arrays on liquid capillary bridges. CMC surfaces of revolution, classified by Delaunay in 1841, include the 2-sphere, the cylinder, the vanishing mean curvature …