Abstract
Phyllotaxis is a botanical classification scheme that can describe regular lattice-like structures on cylinders, often as a set of helical chains. In this letter, we study the general properties of repulsive particles on cylindrical geometries and demonstrate that this leads to a model which allows one to predict the minimum energy configuration for any given combination of system parameters. We are able to predict a sequence of transitions between phyllotactic ground states at zero temperature. Our results are understood in terms of a newly identified global scale invariant, α, dependent on circumference and density, which alone determines the ground-state structure. This representation provides a framework within which to understand and create lattice structures on more complex curved surfaces, which occur in both biological and nanoscale experimental settings.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 38001 |
| Journal | Europhysics Letters |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank J. M. F. G unn , J. S. W atkins , J. G artlan , R. S tanyon , H. A nsell , and C. W ilkin for their valuable insight and discussions. This work was originally presented in [] and all figures are adapted from the same work. All results presented were calculated and visualised using Wolfram Mathematica. This research is funded by the EPSRC, award reference 1366111.
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)