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Sergey V Sukhomlinov1, Martin H Müser1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Abstract:
A mixed radial, angular three-body distribution function g3(rBC, θABC) is introduced, which allows the local atomic order to be more easily characterized in a single graph than with conventional correlation functions. It can be defined to be proportional to the probability of finding an atom C at a distance rBC from atom B while making an angle θABC with atoms A and B, under the condition that atom A is the nearest neighbor of B. As such, our correlation function contains, for example, the likelihood of angles formed between the nearest and the next-nearest-neighbor bonds. To demonstrate its use and usefulness, a visual library for many one-component crystals is produced first and then employed to characterize the local order in a diverse body of elemental condensed-matter systems. Case studies include the analysis of a grain boundary, several liquids (argon, copper, and antimony), and polyamorphism in crystalline and amorphous silicon including that obtained in a tribological interface.
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