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Glass transition in monatomic systems: smearing of the same structure vs two structure competition

Soft Condensed Matter 2021-11-15 v1

Abstract

In the present paper we discuss the properties of Voronoi polygons in several monatomic glass-forming systems and compare them with those of the Kob-Andersen mixture. We show that two mechanisms of glass formation are possible: smearing of Voronoi polygons or formation of polygons of two different shapes. Both mechanisms lead to disturbance of the crystalline order in the system and glass transition.

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@article{arxiv.2111.06694,
  title  = {Glass transition in monatomic systems: smearing of the same structure vs two structure competition},
  author = {Yu. D. Fomin and E. N. Tsiok and V. N. Ryzhov and V. V. Brazhkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.06694},
  year   = {2021}
}

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13 pages, 14 figures