Stability limits for the supercooled liquid and superheated crystal of Lennard-Jones particles

We have studied the limits of stability in the first order liquid-solid phase transition in a Lennard-Jones system by means of the short-time relaxation method and using the bond-orientational order parameter Q6. These limits are compared with the melting line. We have paid special attention to the...

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Autores: Loscar, Ernesto Selim, Mártin, Daniel Alejandro, Grigera, Tomas Sebastian
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/65969
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/65969
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:SHORT TIME DYNAMICS
LIQUID SOLID TRANSITION
SPINODAL
FRACTAL DIMENSION
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Resumo:We have studied the limits of stability in the first order liquid-solid phase transition in a Lennard-Jones system by means of the short-time relaxation method and using the bond-orientational order parameter Q6. These limits are compared with the melting line. We have paid special attention to the supercooled liquid, comparing our results with the point where the free energy cost of forming a nucleating droplet goes to zero. We also indirectly estimate the dimension associated to the critical nucleus at the spinodal, expected to be fractal according to mean field theories of nucleation.