Positional information as a universal predictor of freezing

T Das and T Tlusty, EPL, 138, 57001 (2022).

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ac32f5

Variation of positional information, measured by the two-body excess entropy S-2, is studied across the liquid-solid equilibrium transition in a simple two-dimensional system. Analysis reveals a master relation between S-2 and the freezing temperature T-1, from which a scaling law is extracted, -S-2 similar to(T-T-1)(-1/)3. Theoretical and practical implications of the observed universality are discussed. Copyright (C) 2022 EPLA

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