Abstract
We review how molecular dynamics computer simulations are providing a comprehensive picture of the behaviour of silica, as modelled by the van Beest–Kramer–van Santen (BKS) potential. We have recently evaluated a number of key properties of this model system: the phase diagram, including melting lines of three crystal phases; the equation of state and free energy of the liquid phase; the dynamical equation of state; the average energy of inherent structures, and configurational entropy, associated with the potential energy landscape of the liquid; and a characterization of the local coordination environments in the supercooled liquid. The results reveal the interplay among a number of phenomena, in particular, the relationship between the energy landscape and the fragile–to–strong crossover of the liquid dynamics; and the relation of both of these to the possibility of a liquid–liquid phase transition in the supercooled liquid.
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Dates
Type | When |
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Created | 20 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 23, 2004, 4:35 a.m.) |
Deposited | 4 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 18, 2021, 11:03 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 6 months ago (Jan. 31, 2024, 3:11 a.m.) |
Issued | 20 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 22, 2004) |
Published | 20 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 22, 2004) |
Published Online | 20 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 22, 2004) |
Published Print | 20 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 15, 2005) |
@article{Saika_Voivod_2004, title={Simulated silica}, volume={363}, ISSN={1471-2962}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2004.1506}, DOI={10.1098/rsta.2004.1506}, number={1827}, journal={Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences}, publisher={The Royal Society}, author={Saika-Voivod, Ivan and Sciortino, Francesco and Grande, Tor and Poole, Peter H.}, editor={McMillan, Paul F. and Clary, David C.}, year={2004}, month=dec, pages={525–535} }