Abstract
The interrelationship among melting mechanisms was addressed, focusing on the question whether the two inner bounds of the superheating limits coincide with each other. It was shown that melting at the superheating limit is a first-order transition that results from clusters of destabilized particles which are created thermally inside the bulk crystal due to simultaneous local vibrational and elastic lattice instabilities.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 055703 |
| Pages (from-to) | 055703/1-055703/4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 30 Jul 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |