Power-law scaling of dynamical and structural signatures in liquid metallic nano-film

Zhang, K. and Jiang, Y. Y. and Li, H. and Si, P. C. and Li, Y. F. and Yu, H. Q. and Liew, K. M. and Song, X. G.

EPL, 96, (2011)

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/96/46005

Structural and dynamical features of a liquid metallic nano-film during cooling are investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Several unique structural transformations from liquid to nano- crystalline or glass are observed. Moreover, the crystalline fraction change and motion propensity are discussed in detail. Results indicate a close relation between the local structural ordering and the dynamic signature. We use a new parameter P(alpha, tau, nu) as an effective indicator for predicting both local structural order and motion propensity in a metallic nano-film, and find that the fraction of crystalline clusters follows a negative power-law scaling with the cooling rate increasing, which is the inverse of P(alpha, tau, nu). Copyright (C) EPLA, 2011

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