Structural (dis)order and dynamic propensity in a mildly undercooled glass-forming liquid: Spatial correlations and the role of crystalline environments

M. Shajahan G. Razul, Gurpreet S. Matharoo and Balakrishnan Viswanathan

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2021, vol. 569, issue C

Abstract: We use the isoconfigurational (IC) ensemble to show the connection between emerging heterogeneities in the tetrahedral order parameter and the dynamic propensity in a mildly undercooled glass-forming liquid. We observe that spatially correlated tetrahedrally-(dis)ordered clusters of molecules are observable on the time scale of structural relaxation. The heterogeneities of tetrahedrally-(dis)ordered clusters correlate with dynamical heterogeneities (DH) and these correlations reach peaks at similar time scales. We discover that the angular component of the tetrahedral order parameter is strongly correlated to the dynamics compared to the radial component. Moreover, these correlations between the dynamics and tetrahedrally-(dis)ordered regions enormously influence the system, with spatial correlations being observable for a prolonged period beyond the peaks of maximum DH. Further, we discover that the crystalline particle environments in our water model (as identified by the IC ensemble) may be the origin for slow dynamics of dynamical heterogeneity in our undercooled model water system.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2021.125764

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