The structural origin of the hard-sphere glass transition in granular packing
Abstract
Glass transition is accompanied by a rapid growth of the structural relaxation time and a concomitant decrease of configurational entropy. It remains unclear whether the transition has a thermodynamic origin, and whether the dynamic arrest is associated with the growth of a certain static order. Using granular packing as a model hard-sphere glass, we show the glass transition as a thermodynamic phase transition with a ‘hidden’ polytetrahedral order. This polytetrahedral order is spatially correlated with the slow dynamics. It is geometrically frustrated and has a peculiar fractal dimension. Additionally, as the packing fraction increases, its growth follows an entropy-driven nucleation process, similar to that of the random first-order transition theory. In conclusion, our study essentially identifies a long-sought-after structural glass order in hard-sphere glasses.
- Authors:
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China); Nanjing Univ., Nanjing (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1223385
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; physical sciences; materials science; condensed matter
Citation Formats
Xia, Chengjie, Li, Jindong, Cao, Yixin, Kou, Binquan, Xiao, Xianghui, Fezzaa, Kamel, Xiao, Tiqiao, and Wang, Yujie. The structural origin of the hard-sphere glass transition in granular packing. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms9409.
Xia, Chengjie, Li, Jindong, Cao, Yixin, Kou, Binquan, Xiao, Xianghui, Fezzaa, Kamel, Xiao, Tiqiao, & Wang, Yujie. The structural origin of the hard-sphere glass transition in granular packing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9409
Xia, Chengjie, Li, Jindong, Cao, Yixin, Kou, Binquan, Xiao, Xianghui, Fezzaa, Kamel, Xiao, Tiqiao, and Wang, Yujie. Mon .
"The structural origin of the hard-sphere glass transition in granular packing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9409. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223385.
@article{osti_1223385,
title = {The structural origin of the hard-sphere glass transition in granular packing},
author = {Xia, Chengjie and Li, Jindong and Cao, Yixin and Kou, Binquan and Xiao, Xianghui and Fezzaa, Kamel and Xiao, Tiqiao and Wang, Yujie},
abstractNote = {Glass transition is accompanied by a rapid growth of the structural relaxation time and a concomitant decrease of configurational entropy. It remains unclear whether the transition has a thermodynamic origin, and whether the dynamic arrest is associated with the growth of a certain static order. Using granular packing as a model hard-sphere glass, we show the glass transition as a thermodynamic phase transition with a ‘hidden’ polytetrahedral order. This polytetrahedral order is spatially correlated with the slow dynamics. It is geometrically frustrated and has a peculiar fractal dimension. Additionally, as the packing fraction increases, its growth follows an entropy-driven nucleation process, similar to that of the random first-order transition theory. In conclusion, our study essentially identifies a long-sought-after structural glass order in hard-sphere glasses.},
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