| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 64, Number 2, October 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 211 - 217 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00295-7 | |
| Published online | 01 November 2003 | |
Elastic heterogeneity and phase stability under hydrostatic pressure
Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute
The Pennsylvania State University - 104 Davey Lab,
University Park PA, 16802-6300, USA
Received:
15
November
2002
Accepted:
8
August
2003
Structural phase transitions typically arise from differences in the average stiffness, nominal bond length and/or lattice topology between competing structures. We show how heterogeneity in the nominal bond lengths and stiffnesses can shrink and soften a material, thereby favoring a heterogeneous state, even when the average bond length and stiffness are unchanged. We quantify the relationship between lattice coordination, the variance of the local bond stiffnesses and the macroscopic rigidity. We also demonstrate that long-range order in three dimensions can survive perturbative disorder in the nominal bond length.
PACS: 61.43.Bn – Structural modeling: serial-addition models, computer simulation / 64.60.Cn – Order-isorder transformations; statistical mechanics of model systems / 64.70.Kb – Solid-solid transitions
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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