Amorphous nucleation precursor in highly nonequilibrium fluids.
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Dynamical density-functional simulations reveal structural aspects of crystal nucleation in undercooled liquids: The first appearing solid is amorphous, which promotes the nucleation of bcc crystals but suppresses the appearance of the fcc and hcp phases. These findings are associated with features of the effective interaction potential deduced from the amorphous structure.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 107 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011