We study dynamic heterogeneities in a model glass former whose overlap with a reference configuration is constrained to a fixed value. We find that the system phase separates into regions of small and large overlap, indicating that a nonzero surface tension plays an important role in the formation of dynamical heterogeneities. We calculate an appropriate thermodynamic potential and find evidence of a Maxwell construction consistent with a spinodal decomposition of two phases. Our results suggest that even in standard, unconstrained systems dynamic heterogeneities are the expression of an ephemeral phase-separating regime ruled by a finite surface tension.
We study dynamic heterogeneities in a model glass former whose overlap with a reference configuration is constrained to a fixed value. We find that the system phase separates into regions of small and large overlap, indicating that a nonzero surface tension plays an important role in the formation of dynamical heterogeneities. We calculate an appropriate thermodynamic potential and find evidence of a Maxwell construction consistent with a spinodal decomposition of two phases. Our results suggest that even in standard, unconstrained systems dynamic heterogeneities are the expression of an ephemeral phase-separating regime ruled by a finite surface tension.
Phase-Separation Perspective on Dynamic Heterogeneities in Glass-Forming Liquids / Cammarota, Chiara; Cavagna, A.; Giardina, I.; Gradenigo, G.; Grigera, T. S.; Parisi, Giorgio; Giardina, I.; Gradenigo, G.; Grigera, T. S.; Verrocchio, P.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 105:5(2010), pp. 055703-055707. [10.1103/physrevlett.105.055703]
Phase-Separation Perspective on Dynamic Heterogeneities in Glass-Forming Liquids
CAMMAROTA, CHIARA;I. Giardina;PARISI, Giorgio;
2010
Abstract
We study dynamic heterogeneities in a model glass former whose overlap with a reference configuration is constrained to a fixed value. We find that the system phase separates into regions of small and large overlap, indicating that a nonzero surface tension plays an important role in the formation of dynamical heterogeneities. We calculate an appropriate thermodynamic potential and find evidence of a Maxwell construction consistent with a spinodal decomposition of two phases. Our results suggest that even in standard, unconstrained systems dynamic heterogeneities are the expression of an ephemeral phase-separating regime ruled by a finite surface tension.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
