Freezing and melting criteria in non-equilibrium
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Using non-equilibrium computer simulations, it is shown that various phenomenological criteria for melting and freezing hold not only in equilibrium but in steady-state non-equilibrium as well. In particular, we study the steady state of charge-polydisperse Brownian particles shaken by a time-dependent oscillatory electric field. Among these criteria are the Lindemann melting rule, the Hansen–Verlet freezing rule and the dynamical freezing criterion proposed for colloidal fluids by Löwen, Palberg and Simon.
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