Molecular dynamics simulation of the capillary leveling of a glass-forming liquid
Résumé
We study the evolution of square-wave patterns at the free surface of a glass-forming binary Lennard-Jones mixture over a wide temperature range, by means of molecular dynamics simulations. Particular emphasis is given on the surface diffusion which is found to be considerably faster with respect to the bulk, below the glass-transition temperature, in agreement with experimental and simulation data for organic glasses. Specifically, the pattern’s amplitude is recorded as a function of time and the associated decay rate is extracted. Layer-resolved dynamic analysis further reveals that surface diffusion governs the relaxation below the glass transition temperature. Diffusion coefficients of the surface particles are larger than those in the bulk by a factor that reaches 105 at the lowest temperature studied. These deviations grow upon cooling.
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