Amorphous Precursors of Crystallization during Spinodal Decomposition

Details Amorphous Precursors of Crystallization during Spinodal Decomposition Amorphous Precursors of Crystallization during Spinodal Decomposition

2010-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/1012.4331v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

A general Landau's free energy functional is used to study the dynamics of crystallization during liquid-solid Spinodal Decomposition (SD). The strong length scale selectivity imposed during the early stage of SD induces the appearance of small precursors for crystallization with icosahedral order. These precursors grow in densely packed clusters of tetrahedra through the addition of new particles. As the average size of the amorphous nuclei becomes large enough to reduce geometric frustration, crystalline particles with a body center cubic symmetry (bcc) heterogeneously nucleates on the growing clusters. The volume fraction of the crystalline phase is strongly dependant on the depth of quench. At deep quenches, the SD mechanism produces amorphous structures arranged in dense polytetrahedral aggregates.

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