Amorphous nucleation precursor in highly nonequilibrium fluids

Amorphous nucleation precursor in highly nonequilibrium fluids

Dynamical density-functional simulations reveal structural aspects of crystal nucleation in undercooled liquids: The first appearing solid is amorphous, which promotes the nucleation of bcc crystals but suppresses the appearance of the fcc and hcp phases. These findings are associated with features...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2011-10, Vol.107 (17), p.175702-175702, Article 175702
Hauptverfasser: Tóth, Gyula I, Pusztai, Tamás, Tegze, György, Tóth, Gergely, Gránásy, László
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Dynamical density-functional simulations reveal structural aspects of crystal nucleation in undercooled liquids: The first appearing solid is amorphous, which promotes the nucleation of bcc crystals but suppresses the appearance of the fcc and hcp phases. These findings are associated with features of the effective interaction potential deduced from the amorphous structure.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.107.175702