Growing Spatial Correlations of Particle Displacements in a Simulated Liquid on Cooling toward the Glass Transition Export

@article{citeulike:1707978, abstract = {We define a correlation function that quantifies the spatial correlation of single-particle displacements in liquids and amorphous materials. We show that for an equilibrium liquid this function is related to fluctuations in a bulk dynamical variable. We evaluate this function using computer simulations of an equilibrium glass-forming liquid; and show that long range spatial correlations of displacements emerge and grow on cooling toward the mode coupling critical temperature.}, author = {Donati, Claudio and Glotzer, Sharon C. and Poole, Peter H.}, citeulike-article-id = {1707978}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5064}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v82/i25/p5064_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v82/i25/p5064_1}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5064}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {chi4, dynahetero, glass, simulation}, month = {Jun}, number = {25}, pages = {5064--5067}, posted-at = {2009-09-18 07:27:46}, priority = {0}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Growing Spatial Correlations of Particle Displacements in a Simulated Liquid on Cooling toward the Glass Transition}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5064}, volume = {82}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1707978 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1707978 N2 - We define a correlation function that quantifies the spatial correlation of single-particle displacements in liquids and amorphous materials. We show that for an equilibrium liquid this function is related to fluctuations in a bulk dynamical variable. We evaluate this function using computer simulations of an equilibrium glass-forming liquid; and show that long range spatial correlations of displacements emerge and grow on cooling toward the mode coupling critical temperature. IS - 25 JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 5067 TI - Growing Spatial Correlations of Particle Displacements in a Simulated Liquid on Cooling toward the Glass Transition PB - American Physical Society VL - 82 SP - 5064 KW - chi4 KW - dynahetero KW - glass KW - simulation AU - Donati, Claudio AU - Glotzer, Sharon AU - Poole, Peter PY - 1999/Jun/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5064 ER -