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Issue Eur. Phys. J. B
Volume 14, Number 3, April 2000
Page(s) 449 - 458
DOI 10.1007/s100510051053

Eur. Phys. J. B 14, 449-458

The fluid-solid transition of Dzugutov's potential

J. Roth

Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
johannes@itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de

Received 15 June 1998 and Received in final form 8 July 1999

Abstract
We have studied fluid-solid phase transformations of materials interacting via the Dzugutov potential $V_{\rm Dz}(r)$ (Phys. Rev. A 46, R2984 (1992)). We present evidence from molecular dynamics simulations that this interaction does not exhibit a liquid phase. If a mixed potential $V_{\rm mix}$(r) is formed by a linear superposition of $V_{\rm Dz}(r)$and the Lennard-Jones potential $V_{\rm LJ}(r)$, then the liquid phase disappears at a fraction of less than 60% $V_{\rm LJ}(r)$.

PACS
61.44.Br Quasicrystals - 61.20.Ja Computer simulation of liquid structure

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