Animation from a Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Laser Melting

Animated sequence of snapshots from a molecular dynamics simulation of laser melting

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This animation shows a region near the back surface of the irradiated film where a conventional heterogeneous melting takes place. Two melting fronts propagate from the back surface of the film (right) and from the homogenously melted part of the film (left). Atoms are colored according to the local order parameter - red atoms have local crystalline surroundings, blue atoms belong to the liquid phase.

D. S. Ivanov and L. V. Zhigilei, The effect of pressure relaxation on the mechanisms of short pulse laser melting, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 105701, 2003.
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D. S. Ivanov and L. V. Zhigilei, Combined atomistic-continuum modeling of short pulse laser melting and disintegration of metal films, Phys. Rev. B 68, 064114, 2003.
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Animated sequence of snapshots from a molecular dynamics simulation of laser melting

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