Entropy Crisis, Defects and the Role of Competition in Monatomic Glass Formers

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that an entropy crisis occurs universally in supercooled liquids, including monatomic glass formers, and explores how defects and energetic competition influence the formation of the ideal glass.

Contribution

It establishes the ubiquity of the entropy crisis in all supercooled liquids and analyzes the impact of defects and competition on ideal glass formation.

Findings

Entropy crisis is present in all supercooled liquids.

Defects influence the stability of the ideal glass.

Energetic competition affects glass formation processes.

Abstract

We establish the existence of an entropy crisis in monatomic glass formers. The work finally shows that the entropy crisis is ubiqutous in all supercooled liquids. We also study the roles of defects and energetic competition on the ideal glass.