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==Models of silicon== | ==Models of silicon== | ||
====Stillinger-Weber model==== | ====Stillinger-Weber model==== | ||
| - | + | <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==== | ||
| - | + | <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 | ||
| - | + | <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]]. | ||
| - | + | <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> | |
| - | + | <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> | |
| - | + | <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> | |
| - | + | <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> | |
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==References== | ==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)] | ||
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[[category: models]] | [[category: models]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Polyamorphic systems]] | ||
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Silicon (Si)
Contents |
Models of silicon
Stillinger-Weber model
Tersoff potential
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
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ J. Tersoff "New empirical approach for the structure and energy of covalent systems", Physical Review B 37 pp. 6991-7000 (1988)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Srikanth Sastry and C. Austen Angell "Liquid–liquid phase transition in supercooled silicon", Nature Materials 2 pp. 739 - 743 (2003)
- ↑ Philippe Beaucage and Normand Mousseau "Liquid–liquid phase transition in Stillinger–Weber silicon", Jorunal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17 pp. 2269-2279 (2005)
- ↑ N. Jakse and A. Pasturel "Dynamic aspects of the liquid-liquid phase transformation in silicon", Journal of Chemical Physics 129 104503 (2008)
Related reading
- L. Goodwin, A. J. Skinner and D. G. Pettifor "Generating Transferable Tight-Binding Parameters: Application to Silicon", Europhysics Letters 9 pp. 701-706 (1989)
- 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)
