Abstract
We study the effect of bond length fluctuations on the nucleation
rate and crystal morphology of linear and cyclic chains of flexibly
connected hard spheres using extensive molecular dynamics simulations.
For bond length fluctuations as small as a tenth of the bead
diameter, the relaxation and crystallization resemble those of
disconnected spheres. For shorter bond lengths and chains with
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 365-369 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Soft Matter |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |