Anomalous melting behavior under extreme conditions: hard matter turning "soft"

Details Anomalous melting behavior under extreme conditions: hard matter turning "soft" Anomalous melting behavior under extreme conditions: hard matter turning "soft"

2008-12-29

arxiv.org/abs/0812.4957v1

J. Chem. Phys. 129, 241101 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3050315

We show that a system of particles interacting through the exp-6 pair potential, commonly used to describe effective interatomic forces under high compression, exhibits anomalous melting features such as reentrant melting and a rich solid polymorphism, including a stable BC8 crystal. We relate this behavior to the crossover, with increasing pressure, between two different regimes of local order that are associated with the two repulsive length scales of the potential. Our results provide a unifying picture for the high-pressure melting anomalies observed in many elements and point out that, under extreme conditions, atomic systems may reveal surprising similarities with soft matter.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Anomalous melting behavior under extreme conditions: hard matter turning "soft" does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Anomalous melting behavior under extreme conditions: hard matter turning "soft", we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Anomalous melting behavior under extreme conditions: hard matter turning "soft" will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-449169