Event-Based Relaxation of Continuous Disordered Systems
Abstract
A computational approach is presented to obtain energy-minimized structures in glassy materials. This approach, the activation-relaxation technique (ART), achieves its efficiency by focusing on significant changes in the microscopic structure (events). The application of ART is illustrated with two examples: the structure of amorphous silicon and the structure of Ni80P20, a metallic glass.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1996
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/9607156
- Bibcode:
- 1996PhRvL..77.4358B
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter;
- Materials Theory
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, revtex, epsf.sty, 3 figures