Abstract
An analysis of orientational order in dense, three-dimensional liquids is presented. The alignment of neighboring regions of local orientational order with both icosahedral and cubic symmetry is studied with the use of mean-field theory. The theory predicts a first-order transition to a phase which possesses long-range orientational order but no translational order. This is the phase which appears to have been seen in recent computer simulations of a supercooled liquid.
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- 1983
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- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1725-1731
- Citations
- 39
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A. D. J. Haymet
(1983).
Orientational freezing in three dimensions: Mean-field theory.
Physical review. B, Condensed matter
, 27
(3)
, 1725-1731.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.27.1725
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevb.27.1725