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Title: Curie-Weiss behavior of liquid structure and ideal glass state

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  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Seoul National Univ. (South Korea)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
  4. Korea Research Inst. of Standards and Science, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Univ. of Science and Technology, Daejon (Korea, Republic of)
  5. Seoul National Univ. (South Korea)
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
  7. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

We present the results of a structural study of metallic alloy liquids from high temperature through the glass transition. We use high energy X-ray scattering and electro-static levitation in combination with molecular dynamics simulation and show that the height of the first peak of the structure function, S(Q) -1, follows the Curie-Weiss law. The structural coherence length is proportional to the height of the first peak, and we suggest that its increase with cooling may be related to the rapid increase in viscosity. The Curie temperature is negative, implying an analogy with spin-glass. The Curie-Weiss behavior provides a pathway to an ideal glass state, a state with long-range correlation without lattice periodicity, which is characterized by highly diverse local structures, reminiscent of spin-glass.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1607208
Journal Information:
Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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