Abstract

Three-dimensional bond orientational order is studied via computer simulations of 864 particles interacting through a Lennard-Jones pair potential. Long-range orientational fluctuations appear upon supercooling about ten percent below the equilibrium melting temperature. The fluctuations suggest a broken icosahedral symmetry with extended correlations in the orientations of local icosahedral packing units.

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Icosahedral symmetrySupercoolingMaterials scienceSymmetry (geometry)Condensed matter physicsChemical physicsRange (aeronautics)Order (exchange)Melting temperatureThermodynamicsPhysicsCrystallographyChemistry

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Year
1981
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Volume
47
Issue
18
Pages
1297-1300
Citations
407
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Paul J. Steinhardt, David R. Nelson, Marco Ronchetti (1981). Icosahedral Bond Orientational Order in Supercooled Liquids. Physical Review Letters , 47 (18) , 1297-1300. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.47.1297

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