抄録
Metallic liquid silicon at 1787 K is investigated using x-ray Compton scattering. An excellent agreement is found between the measurements and the corresponding Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulations. Our results show persistence of covalent bonding in liquid silicon and provide support for the occurrence of theoretically predicted liquid-liquid phase transition in supercooled liquid states. The population of covalent bond pairs in liquid silicon is estimated to be 17% via a maximally localized Wannier function analysis. Compton scattering is shown to be a sensitive probe of bonding effects in the liquid state.
本文言語 | English |
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論文番号 | 067402 |
ジャーナル | Physical Review Letters |
巻 | 108 |
号 | 6 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2012 2月 8 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 物理学および天文学(全般)