title: Mixing effects in glass-forming Lennard-Jones mixtures.
abstract: Mixing effects have been investigated from molecular dynamics simulations at constant number of particles, volume, and temperature on the Kob-Andersen glass-forming Lennard-Jones atomic mixture A(x)B(1-x) for 0 < or = x < or = 1 compositions. Upon cooling, crystallization is observed for x < or = 0.5 and x > or = 0.9 compositions. The crystalline states can be described by a quite complex coexistence of voids (x < or = 0.5), point defects, and one or two crystal structures which were characterized and found identical to those reported by Fernandez and Harrowell [Phys. Rev. E 67, 011403 (2003)] from energy minimization. Amorphization is also seen at 0.6 < or = x < or = 0.8 compositions and it is suggested that both crystal structures, CsCl and fcc-hcp, do not compete at these compositions since only one type of crystalline seed is found in the liquid, either fcc/hcp or CsCl. A significant decrease in the diffusion constants for both A and B particles is also seen above x(A) approximately = 0.5. The problem of the extraordinary stability of the model against crystallization is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 8024, Université Lille I, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
authors.forename: L-C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Valdes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Affouard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Descamps
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Habasaki