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==Models of silicon==
==Models of silicon==
====Stillinger-Weber model====
====Stillinger-Weber model====
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.31.5262      Frank H. Stillinger and Thomas A. Weber "Computer simulation of local order in condensed phases of silicon", Physical Review B '''31''' pp.  5262 - 5271 (1985)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.31.5262      Frank H. Stillinger and Thomas A. Weber "Computer simulation of local order in condensed phases of silicon", Physical Review B '''31''' pp.  5262-5271 (1985)]</ref>
====Tersoff potential====
====Tersoff potential====
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.37.6991  J. Tersoff "New empirical approach for the structure and energy of covalent systems", Physical Review B '''37''' pp. 6991-7000 (1988)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.37.6991  J. Tersoff "New empirical approach for the structure and energy of covalent systems", Physical Review B '''37''' pp. 6991-7000 (1988)]</ref>
==Melting point==
==Melting point==
Yoo et al have calculated the melting point to be <math>T_m \approx1540 \pm 50 ~\mathrm{K}</math> at zeo pressure
Yoo et al have calculated the melting point to be <math>T_m \approx1540 \pm 50 ~\mathrm{K}</math> at zeo pressure
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.075 Soohaeng Yoo, Sotiris S. Xantheas and Xiao Cheng Zeng "The melting temperature of bulk silicon from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations", Chemical Physics Letters (2009)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.075 Soohaeng Yoo, Sotiris S. Xantheas and Xiao Cheng Zeng "The melting temperature of bulk silicon from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations", Chemical Physics Letters '''481''' pp. 88-90  (2009)]</ref>
==Polyamorphism in silicon==
==Polyamorphism in silicon==
Silicon is a [[Polyamorphic systems | polyamorphic system]].
Silicon is a [[Polyamorphic systems | polyamorphic system]].
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35107036 Sudip K. Deb, Martin Wilding, Maddury Somayazulu and Paul F. McMillan "Pressure-induced amorphization and an amorphous–amorphous transition in densified porous silicon", Nature '''414''' pp. 528-530 (2001)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35107036 Sudip K. Deb, Martin Wilding, Maddury Somayazulu and Paul F. McMillan "Pressure-induced amorphization and an amorphous–amorphous transition in densified porous silicon", Nature '''414''' pp. 528-530 (2001)]</ref>
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat994 Srikanth Sastry and  C. Austen Angell "Liquid–liquid phase transition in supercooled silicon", Nature Materials '''2''' pp. 739 - 743 (2003)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat994 Srikanth Sastry and  C. Austen Angell "Liquid–liquid phase transition in supercooled silicon", Nature Materials '''2''' pp. 739 - 743 (2003)]</ref>
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/17/15/002  Philippe Beaucage and Normand Mousseau "Liquid–liquid phase transition in Stillinger–Weber silicon", Jorunal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''17''' pp.  2269-2279  (2005)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/17/15/002  Philippe Beaucage and Normand Mousseau "Liquid–liquid phase transition in Stillinger–Weber silicon", Jorunal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''17''' pp.  2269-2279  (2005)]</ref>
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2970084 N. Jakse and A. Pasturel "Dynamic aspects of the liquid-liquid phase transformation in silicon", Journal of Chemical Physics '''129''' 104503 (2008)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2970084 N. Jakse and A. Pasturel "Dynamic aspects of the liquid-liquid phase transformation in silicon", Journal of Chemical Physics '''129''' 104503 (2008)]</ref>
[[Category: Polyamorphic systems]]
==References==
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'''Related reading'''
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/9/7/015  L. Goodwin, A. J. Skinner and D. G. Pettifor "Generating Transferable Tight-Binding Parameters: Application to Silicon", Europhysics Letters '''9''' pp. 701-706 (1989)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3268346 Tianshu Li, Davide Donadio, and Giulia Galli "Nucleation of tetrahedral solids: A molecular dynamics study of supercooled liquid silicon", Journal of Chemical Physics '''131''' 224519 (2009)]
 


==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/9/7/015  L. Goodwin, A. J. Skinner and D. G. Pettifor "Generating Transferable Tight-Binding Parameters: Application to Silicon", Europhysics Letters '''9''' pp. 701-706 (1989)]
[[category: models]]
[[category: models]]
[[Category: Polyamorphic systems]]

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Silicon (Si)

Models of silicon

Stillinger-Weber model

[1]

Tersoff potential

[2]

Melting point

Yoo et al have calculated the melting point to be at zeo pressure [3]

Polyamorphism in silicon

Silicon is a polyamorphic system. [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

Related reading