Strong geometric frustration in model glassformers

CP Royall, A Malins, AJ Dunleavy, R Pinney - Journal of Non-Crystalline …, 2015 - Elsevier
We consider three popular model glassformers, the Kob–Andersen and Wahnström binary
Lennard–Jones models and weakly polydisperse hard spheres. Although these systems …

On the relaxation dynamics of a double glass-forming antiferroelectric liquid crystal

A Drzewicz, M Jasiurkowska-Delaporte… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The relaxation dynamics in the thermodynamic states of the glass-forming antiferroelectric
liquid crystal (S)-4′-(1-methyloctyloxycarbonyl) biphenyl-4-yl 4-[7-(2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 …

Superfragile Glassy Dynamics of a One-Component System with Isotropic<? format?> Potential: Competition of Diffusion and Frustration

RE Ryltsev, NM Chtchelkatchev, VN Ryzhov - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
We investigate glassy dynamical properties of one-component three-dimensional system of
particles interacting via pair repulsive potential by the molecular dynamic simulation in the …

Structural signature of slow dynamics and dynamic heterogeneity in two-dimensional colloidal liquids: Glassy structural order

T Kawasaki, H Tanaka - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Glassy states are formed if crystallization is avoided upon cooling or increasing density.
However, the physical factors controlling the ease of vitrification and the nature of glass …

Predicting how nanoconfinement changes the relaxation time of a supercooled liquid

TS Ingebrigtsen, JR Errington, TM Truskett, JC Dyre - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
The properties of nanoconfined fluids can be strikingly different from those of bulk liquids. A
basic unanswered question is whether the equilibrium and dynamic consequences of …

Influence of nanoscale structural heterogeneity on shear banding in metallic glasses

P Zhao, J Li, J Hwang, Y Wang - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Structural heterogeneity at the nanoscale such as medium-range order (MRO) in metallic
glasses (MGs) has been suggested by theories and simulations for many years and recently …

[HTML][HTML] Probing the network topology in network-forming materials: The case of water

M Formanek, F Martelli - AIP Advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Rings statistic has been widely used to investigate the network topology in numerically
simulated network-forming materials in order to rationalize their physical and mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Lifetimes and lengthscales of structural motifs in a model glassformer

A Malins, J Eggers, H Tanaka, CP Royall - Faraday discussions, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We use a newly-developed method to identify local structural motifs in a popular model
glassformer, the Kob–Andersen binary Lennard-Jones mixture. By measuring the lifetimes of …

Partial structure investigation of the traditional bulk metallic glass

S Hosokawa, JF Bérar, N Boudet, WC Pilgrim… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Local structures of Pd 40 Ni 40 P 20 bulk metallic glass were investigated by combining
anomalous x-ray scattering close to the Pd and Ni K absorption edges, x-ray diffraction …

Characterizing complex particle morphologies through shape matching: Descriptors, applications, and algorithms

AS Keys, CR Iacovella, SC Glotzer - Journal of Computational Physics, 2011 - Elsevier
Many standard structural quantities, such as order parameters and correlation functions,
exist for common condensed matter systems, such as spherical and rod-like particles …