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Packing Confined Hard Spheres Denser with Adaptive Prism Phases

Publicated to:Physical Review Letters. 109 (21): 218301- - 2012-11-21 109(21), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.218301

Authors: Oguz, EC; Marechal, M; Ramiro-Manzano, F; Rodriguez, I; Messina, R; Meseguer, FJ; Löwen, H

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Inst Ciencia Mat Madrid CSIC - Author
Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Theoret Phys Weiche Mat 2 - Author
Univ Lorraine, ICPM - Author
Univ Trent, Dept Phys, Nanoscience Lab - Author
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Abstract

We show that hard spheres confined between two parallel hard plates pack denser with periodic adaptive prismatic structures which are composed of alternating prisms of spheres. The internal structure of the prisms adapts to the slit height which results in close packings for a range of plate separations, just above the distance where three intersecting square layers fit exactly between the plates. The adaptive prism phases are also observed in real-space experiments on confined sterically stabilized colloids and in Monte Carlo simulations at finite pressure.

Keywords
Close packingHard spheresInternal structureKeplerMonte carlo methodsMonte carlo simulationPlate separationPlates (structural components)Prismatic structuresPrismsReal-spaceSpheresStabilized colloids

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 5/83, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Multidisciplinary.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-03:

  • WoS: 41
  • Scopus: 46
  • OpenCitations: 44
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 40.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 40 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 5 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/84406
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France; Germany; Italy.