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Thermal hysteresis of a simulated Al 2 O 3 system

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Thermal hysteresis in a simulated Al 2 O 3 system has been investigated using a Molecular Dynamics (MD) method. Simulations were done in the basic cube under periodic boundary conditions containing 3000 ions with Born-Mayer type pair potentials. The system was cooled down from 7000 K to 0 K and heated up from 0 K to 7000 K by the same cooling/heating rate of 1.7178×10 14 K/s. The temperature dependence of the system density upon cooling and heating shows thermal hysteresis. The differences between structure and dynamics of the models obtained by cooling (MOBC) and heating (MOBH) at three different temperatures of 2100 K, 3500 K and 5600 K have been detected. Calculations show that the differences in the dynamics of the systems are more pronounced than those in the structure. Furthermore, dynamical heterogeneities in MOBC and MOBH at the temperature of 2100 K have been studied through a non-Gaussian parameter and comparison of partial radial distribution functions (PRDFs) for the 10% most mobile or immobile particles with their corresponding mean ones. Cluster size distributions of the 10% most mobile or immobile particles in MOBC and MOBH at the temperature of 2100 K have been obtained. Calculations show that differences in dynamical heterogeneities are pronounced. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2005

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  • V. V. Hoang, 2005. "Thermal hysteresis of a simulated Al 2 O 3 system," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 48(4), pages 495-500, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:48:y:2005:i:4:p:495-500
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2006-00003-7
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