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Nucleation model for the description of glass formation

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

We present in this letter a model of glass formation using energy barriers and a crystal nucleation process. We then analyze the corresponding dynamical equation in the vicinity of the stationary solutions. The occurence of a pure amorphous solution (i.e. glass) is due to the contribution of a ratio Λ\Lambda depending on the cooling rate and the crystal nucleation frequency. We also construct time-temperature-transformation (TTT) curves in order to relate the model with the kinetic treatment of glass formation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809223,
  title  = {Nucleation model for the description of glass formation},
  author = {Matthieu Micoulaut},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809223},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, revtex, 3 figures postscript