Crystallization of a supercooled liquid and of a glass: Ising model approach - art. no. 041605

Using Monte Carlo simulations we study crystallization in the three-dimensi onal Ising model with four-spin interaction. We monitor the morphology of c rystals which grow after placing crystallization seeds in a supercooled liq uid. Defects in such crystals constitute an intricate and very stable netwo rk that separates various domains by tensionless domain walls. We also show that the crystallization which occurs during the continuous heating of the glassy phase takes place at a heating-rate-dependent temperature.