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Phase transitions of Yukawa systems under electric field

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Molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to investigate the phase transition phenomena in three-dimensional strongly coupled Yukawa systems (SC-YSs) under the influence of an external uniaxial AC electric field (MT). Lattice correlation function (LCF) and radial distribution function (RDF) tests are used to investigate the phase transitions in SC-YSs with and without electric fields. The states of dust grains depend on plasma coupling (Γ), screening length (κ) and MT strength. In the absence of MT, the new calculations of LCF and RDF demonstrate the self-organization of dust grains with increasing Γ and decreasing κ. Furthermore, condensation (gas–liquid) and solidification (liquid–crystal) transitions are observed in SC-YSs with increased MT intensities and Γ values. Moreover, gas-like states of the YS require significantly higher MT intensity, while liquid-like or near solid-like states require intermediate to low MT intensity, respectively, to achieve solidification. It is illustrated that the SC-YSs exhibit electrorheological behavior that is the same as conventional electrorheological fluids. Due to these characteristics, the SC-YSs can be used to investigate the electrorheological properties of condensed and soft matter physics.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author. The manuscript has associated data in a data repository.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (No. 51525604) and the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51721004). Additionally, Haipeng Li acknowledges the support of the Basic Research Project of Xuzhou City (Grant No. KC22043) for the completion of this work. Special thanks are extended to Dr. X. D. Zhang at the Network Information Center of Xi’an Jiaotong University for providing support with the HPC platform. Furthermore, the authors express their appreciation to the National Centre for Physics Islamabad, Pakistan, for the allocation of computational resources for checking and running the MD code.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Physics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Muhammad Asif Shakoori & Haipeng Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Muhammad Asif Shakoori & Maogang He

  3. Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    Aamir Shahzad

  4. Department of Refrigeration and Cryogenics Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Misbah Khan

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Shakoori, M.A., He, M., Shahzad, A. et al. Phase transitions of Yukawa systems under electric field. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 139, 316 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05109-y

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