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Structural and dynamical heterogeneity in a glass forming liquid

Materials Science 2009-11-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We use the ``isoconfigurational ensemble'' [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 93}, 135701 (2004)] to analyze both dynamical and structural properties in simulations of a glass forming molecular liquid. We show that spatially correlated clusters of low potential energy molecules are observable on the time scale of structural relaxation, despite the absence of spatial correlations of potential energy in the instantaneous structure of the system. We find that these structural heterogeneities correlate with dynamical heterogeneities in the form of clusters of low molecular mobility.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607014,
  title  = {Structural and dynamical heterogeneity in a glass forming liquid},
  author = {Gurpreet S. Matharoo and M. S. Gulam Razul and Peter H. Poole},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607014},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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