Issue |
EPL
Volume 96, Number 3, November 2011
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Article Number | 36001 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/96/36001 | |
Published online | 12 October 2011 |
A new method for analyzing the local structures of disordered systems
1
School of Physics and Microelectronic Science, Hunan University - Changsha 410082, China
2
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales - Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Received:
8
June
2011
Accepted:
7
September
2011
We present a novel method to identify local structures in disordered systems according to topological criteria. Its effectiveness is demonstrated in the analysis of the atomic structures in the rapid cooling of silver liquid. The method is parameter free and scale independent, and can generally be used for structural analysis of amorphous systems involving atoms or particles at different length scales.
PACS: 61.25.Mv – Liquid metals and alloys / 61.20.Ja – Computer simulation of liquid structure / 61.43.Dq – Amorphous semiconductors, metals, and alloys
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