How a Supercooled Liquid Borrows Structure from the Crystal
Soft Condensed Matter
2021-02-24 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
Using computer simulations, we establish that the structure of a supercooled binary atomic liquid mixture consists of common neighbour structures similar to those found in the equilibrium crystal phase, a Laves structure. Despite the large accumulation of crystal-like structure, we establish that the supercooled liquid represents a true metastable liquid and that liquid can borrow crystal structure without being destabilized. We consider whether this feature might be the origin of all instances of liquids of a strongly favoured local structure.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2012.09957,
title = {How a Supercooled Liquid Borrows Structure from the Crystal},
author = {Ulf Pedersen and Ian Douglass and Peter Harrowell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.09957},
year = {2021}
}