From the ideal gas to an ideal glass: reversible path to random close packing
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2008-01-11 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
A reproducible RCP state is obtained by a well-defined rate process, which is first-order in free volume, starting from an equilibrium thermodynamic state of the hard-sphere fluid. The RCP state is also reproduced by a thermodynamic pathway that inhibits the frequent production of small crystal nucleites which can lead to heterogeneities at close packing. The simple-cubic single-occupancy (SCSO) cell system, in which crystallization is de facto prohibited, provides a reversible path all the way from the ideal gas to the ideal glass (RCP). By such a route, unique characterization of RCP becomes possible.
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@article{arxiv.0801.1559,
title = {From the ideal gas to an ideal glass: reversible path to random close packing},
author = {Leslie V. Woodcock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1559},
year = {2008}
}
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Letter to Nature December 2007 12 pages 4 figures