Inherent Structure Approach to the Study of Glass-Forming Liquids |
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Authors: | S Sastry |
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Institution: | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Jakkur Campus, Bangalore , 560 064 , India |
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Abstract: | The inherent structure approach, wherein thermodynamic and structural changes in glass-forming liquids are analyzed in terms of local potential energy minima that the liquid samples, has recently been applied extensively to the study of thermodynamic aspects of glass-forming liquids. The evaluation of the configurational entropy, which arises from the multiplicity of local energy minima, plays a central role in such analyses. Results are presented here concerning the calculation of configurational entropy based on computer simulations of a model liquid; and the application of the inherent structure formalism to the study of the glass transition locus, and the fragility of glass-forming liquids. |
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Keywords: | Glass Transition Energy Landscape Configurational Entropy |
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