Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-05-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
We propose a simple route to evaluate the static structure, in terms of average coordination, of completely disordered solids with spherical constituents, from ca. 55% volume fraction up to random close packing, in the absence of structural heterogeneities. Based on the current understanding, according to which the structure-determining interaction in amorphous solids is the hard-core repulsion while weaker, longer-range interactions are mere perturbations, the model yields the average coordination in the solid as a result of a hyperquenching process where the instantaneous structure of the precursor liquid snapshot is distorted to the same degree required to quench the hard-sphere liquid into the isostatic jammed state at 64% volume fraction. The characteristic length of distortion turns out to be about 3% of the particle diameter. Extrapolating to lower volume fractions, this is thus the quenching route leading to the most spatially homogeneous states. Thus the model can be usefully employed to quantitatively assess the degree of structural inhomogeneity in amorphous solids. When spatial inhomogeneity is small, as for very dense systems, the model can be used to evaluate coordination-dependent macroscopic properties (e.g. the elastic moduli) as shown in parallel works.
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