The Effect of a Permeable Membrane on the Crystallization of a Simple Liquid

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The article discusses the deposition of gas onto a crystalline substrate provided there is a permeable membrane between the substrate and the gas. The membrane repels gas particles, but the repulsive potential has a finite maximum force, which allows gas particles to penetrate through this membrane if their velocity exceeds a certain value. It is shown that, depending on the maximum repulsive force of the membrane (the intensity of repulsion), the system comes to completely different end states: a single crystal, a polycrystal with varying degrees of porosity, or no crystallization occurs in the system at all.

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Y. D. Fomin

Institute of High Pressure Physics named after L.F. Vereshchagin of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: fomin314@mail.ru
Kaluga Highway, 14, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840 Russia

E. N. Tsiok

Institute of High Pressure Physics named after L.F. Vereshchagin of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Kaluga Highway, 14, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840 Russia

V. N. Ryzhov

Institute of High Pressure Physics named after L.F. Vereshchagin of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Kaluga Highway, 14, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840 Russia

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