| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 37, Number 8, March II 1997
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 547 - 552 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00189-8 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Local investigation of the glass transition: Molecular dynamics and Voronoï tessellation
Laboratoire des Verres, UMR 5587 CNRS,
Université Montpellier II,
place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Received:
23
August
1996
Accepted:
30
January
1997
A model glass is studied by classical molecular dynamics and the Voronoï cells are determined at various times and temperatures. All their characteristics of physical interest are studied as a function of temperature. In particular, as temperature increases in the glass phase, the fraction of 4- and 6-edged faces (encircling disclination defect lines) increases at the cost of 5-edged faces. At the glass transition this trend is reversed and a majority of pentagons is recovered in the liquid phase. These results shed new light on the evolution of the local structure through the glass transition.
PACS: 61.43.Bn – Structural modeling: serial-addition models, computer simulation / 61.43.Fs – Glasses / 64.70.Pf – Glass transitions
© EDP Sciences, 1997
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