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The Structure and Dynamics of Monatomic Liquid Polymorphs

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2015

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Cadien, Adam

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The study of liquid polymorphism is at the frontier of fundamental thermodynamics and materials science. Liquid polymorphism occurs when a single material has multiple structurally unique liquid phases. Water was the first substance suggested to exhibit multiple liquid phases, a number of monatomic semiconductors and metals have been found to exhibit similar characteristics since then. A better understanding of the liquid-liquid phase transition is needed to tackle problems in glass sciences, it is also relevant to geophysical studies of the Earth's core and mantle and has applications in nanotechnology.

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Materials Science, Condensed matter physics, Computer science, Diffraction, Dynamics, Liquid, Polyamorphism, Simulation, Structure

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