Research Article

Microscopic Rate Constants of Crystal Growth from Molecular Dynamic Simulations Combined with Metadynamics

Table 2

Rate constants for temperature-induced crystallization of Ξ” 𝑇 = 5  K.

 k crystk melt
  𝑇 = 8 2  K (molβˆ’1 sβˆ’1) 𝑇 = 7 7  K (molβˆ’1 sβˆ’1)

Full9.61 · 10325.73 · 1032
1 Vacancy1.21 · 10337.33 · 1032
2 Vacβ€”orto1.99 · 10331.25 · 1033
2 Vacβ€”meta1.99 · 10331.25 · 1033
2 Vacβ€”para1.99 · 10331.25 · 1033
3 Vacβ€”side by side2.56 · 10331.63 · 1033
4 Vacβ€”side by side3.11 · 10332.00 · 1033
5 Vacancies4.86 · 10333.22 · 1033
6 Vacancies8.20 · 10335.63 · 1033
Corner minus2.42 · 10331.53 · 1033
Line6.18 · 10334.16 · 1033
Front8.23 · 10335.65 · 1033
Corner plus5.37 · 10344.17 · 1034
Top5.32 · 10344.12 · 1034