Icosahedral Bond Orientational Order in Supercooled Liquids

Paul J. Steinhardt; David R. Nelson; Marco Ronchetti

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1297

Icosahedral Bond Orientational Order in Supercooled Liquids

Paul J. Steinhardt, David R. Nelson, Marco Ronchetti

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1297-1300
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	47
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1297
State	Published - 1981
Externally published	Yes

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