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Coarse Molecular-Dynamics Determination of the Onset of Structural Transitions: Melting of Crystalline Solids

Miguel A. Amat, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, Dimitrios Maroudas

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0606326

Abstract

Using a coarse molecular-dynamics (CMD) approach with an appropriate choice of coarse variable (order parameter), we map the underlying effective free-energy landscape for the melting of a crystalline solid. Implementation of this approach provides a means for constructing effective free-energy landscapes of structural transitions in condensed matter. The predictions of the approach for the thermodynamic melting point of a model silicon system are in excellent agreement with those of ''traditional'' techniques for melting-point calculations, as well as with literature values.

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