Metastable Site in Amorphous Carbon Lattice Generated by Rapid Quenching of Liquid Diamond

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Formation of amorphous structure of carbon by rapid quenching of the liquid phase was investigated by molecular dynamic (MD) simulation using Tersoff’s empirical potential. Physical properties of crystalline diamond, such as lattice parameter, surface energy [...]