Simulation Snapshot of Liquid Gallium (image)

University of Bristol

Caption

Simulation snapshot of liquid gallium at 30 GPa and 1000 K with gallium atoms shown as small grey spheres. Regions of exceptionally low configurational entropy populated exclusively by clusters of Ga atoms in five-fold symmetric (10B, orange spheres) and crystal-like (11F, blue spheres) motifs may help to stabilize the glassy phase below the high-pressure melting point. Coloured bonds highlight rings in the two structural motifs: pentagons for 10B, triangles and squares for 11F.

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University of Bristol

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