A classical density functional theory model for fragility in the hard-sphere limit

• Published in: Progress of theoretical and experimental physics Vol. 2020; no. 7
• Main Authors: Mondal, Arijit, Das, Shankar P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Entropy; Fabric analysis; Glass; Temperature; Viscosity; I00; I02; I01

Abstract We study, using the classical density functional theory (DFT), the fragility and short-time elastic constants of a soft-sphere liquid. For the amorphous state, the order parameter is the inhomogeneous density function $\rho({\bf r})$ which is described in terms of Gaussian density profiles...