Icosahedral short-range order in amorphous Cu80Si20 by ab initio molecular dynamics simulation study

Journal Article · Thu Apr 26 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Intermetallics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2012.03.018· OSTI ID:1060775

Wu, S; Kramer, Matthew J; Fang, Xiaowei; Wang, Shy-Guey; Wang, Cai-Zhuang; Ho, Kai-Ming; Ding, Z J; Chen, L Y

Short-range order in liquid and amorphous structures of Cu80Si20 is studied by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. We performed the simulations at 1140 and 300 K respectively to investigate the local structure change from liquid to amorphous. The result of structure factor in comparison with experimental data indicates that our simulation of amorphous Cu80Si20 is reliable. By using the bond-angle distribution function, Honeycutt–Andersen index, Voronoi tessellation method, and the atomistic cluster alignment method, the icosahedral short-range order in the system is revealed. Strong Cu–Si interaction was also observed.

• Research Organization: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11358
• OSTI ID: 1060775
• Report Number(s): IS-J 7826
• Journal Information: Intermetallics, Journal Name: Intermetallics Vol. 30; ISSN 0966-9795
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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