It has so far remained a major challenge to quantitatively predict the boson peak, a THz vibrational anomaly universal for glasses, from features in the amorphous structure. Using molecular dynamics simulations of a model Cu50Zr50 glass, we decompose the boson peak to contributions from atoms residing in different types of Voronoi polyhedra. We then introduce a microscopic structural parameter to depict the “orientational order,” using the vector pointing from the center atom to the farthest vertex of its Voronoi coordination polyhedron. This order parameter represents the most probable direction of transverse vibration at low frequencies. Its magnitude scales linearly with the boson peak intensity, and its spatial distribution accounts for the quasilocalized modes. This correlation is shown to be universal for different types of glasses.
Structural Parameter of Orientational Order to Predict the Boson Vibrational Anomaly in Glasses / J. Yang, Y. Wang, E. Ma, A. Zaccone, L. . Dai, M. . Jiang. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 122:1(2019 Jan 04). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.015501]
Structural Parameter of Orientational Order to Predict the Boson Vibrational Anomaly in Glasses
A. Zaccone;
2019
Abstract
It has so far remained a major challenge to quantitatively predict the boson peak, a THz vibrational anomaly universal for glasses, from features in the amorphous structure. Using molecular dynamics simulations of a model Cu50Zr50 glass, we decompose the boson peak to contributions from atoms residing in different types of Voronoi polyhedra. We then introduce a microscopic structural parameter to depict the “orientational order,” using the vector pointing from the center atom to the farthest vertex of its Voronoi coordination polyhedron. This order parameter represents the most probable direction of transverse vibration at low frequencies. Its magnitude scales linearly with the boson peak intensity, and its spatial distribution accounts for the quasilocalized modes. This correlation is shown to be universal for different types of glasses.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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