Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A General Structural Order Parameter for the Amorphous Solidification of a Supercooled Liquid |
| Authors: |
Sun, Gang, Harrowell, Peter |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Subject Terms: |
Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter, Condensed Matter - Materials Science |
| More Details: |
The persistent problem posed by the glass transition is to develop a general atomic level description of a solidification process that is not associated with any change in the symmetry of the atomic structure. The answer proposed in this paper is t measure a configuration's capacity to restrain the motion of the constituent atoms. Here we show that the instantaneous normal modes can be used to define a measure of atomic restraint that accounts for the difference between fragile and strong liquids and the collective length scale of the supercooled liquid. These results represent a significant simplification of the description of amorphous solidification and provide a powerful systematic treatment of the influence of microscopic factors on the formation of the amorphous solid. |
| Document Type: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1063/5.0094386 |
| Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.12461 |
| Accession Number: |
edsarx.2109.12461 |
| Database: |
arXiv |
