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USED (high confidence) S. Sundararaman, L. Huang, S. Ispas, and W. Kob, “New optimization scheme to obtain interaction potentials for oxide glasses.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2018. link Times cited: 53 Abstract: We propose a new scheme to parameterize effective potentials… read moreAbstract: We propose a new scheme to parameterize effective potentials that can be used to simulate atomic systems such as oxide glasses. As input data for the optimization, we use the radial distribution functions of the liquid and the vibrational density of state of the glass, both obtained from ab initio simulations, as well as experimental data on the pressure dependence of the density of the glass. For the case of silica, we find that this new scheme facilitates finding pair potentials that are significantly more accurate than the previous ones even if the functional form is the same, thus demonstrating that even simple two-body potentials can be superior to more complex three-body potentials. We have tested the new potential by calculating the pressure dependence of the elastic moduli and found a good agreement with the corresponding experimental data. read less USED (high confidence) R. Renou, L. Soulard, E. Lescoute, C. Dereure, D. Loison, and J. Guin, “Silica Glass Structural Properties under Elastic Shock Compression: Experiments and Molecular Simulations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017. link Times cited: 21 Abstract: The behavior of silica glass material under shock compressio… read moreAbstract: The behavior of silica glass material under shock compression has been investigated in this work. Laser-driven experiments and molecular dynamics simulations were combined to study the elastic regime of fused silica up to 8 GPa. Two simple pair potentials, BKS and CHIK, were tested and the shocked states of the glassy material were obtained by direct shocks and a new Hugoniostat method. The Hugoniot curves obtained numerically were in a very good agreement with the experimental curves. Despite the simplicity of their mathematical form, the pair potentials tested (BKS and CHIK) were able to give a fair description of the silica glass behavior under shock loading conditions. The structural properties of silica glass were also thoroughly studied. It was found that in the elastic regime, the short-range order (tetrahedra) and the medium-range order (rings) were not impacted by the shock wave propagation inside the material. The structural changes behind the shock front were mainly related to a free volume clo... read less USED (high confidence) Y. J. Yu et al., “Epitaxially Self‐Assembled Alkane Layers for Graphene Electronics,” Advanced Materials. 2017. link Times cited: 22 Abstract: The epitaxially grown alkane layers on graphene are prepared… read moreAbstract: The epitaxially grown alkane layers on graphene are prepared by a simple drop-casting method and greatly reduce the environmentally driven doping and charge impurities in graphene. Multiscale simulation studies show that this enhancement of charge homogeneity in graphene originates from the lifting of graphene from the SiO2 surface toward the well-ordered and rigid alkane self-assembled layers. read less USED (high confidence) L. Broussous et al., “Contribution of molecular simulation to the characterization of porous low-k materials,” 2015 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference and 2015 IEEE Materials for Advanced Metallization Conference (IITC/MAM). 2015. link Times cited: 0 Abstract: This study aims to investigate the modified surface porosity… read moreAbstract: This study aims to investigate the modified surface porosity of SiOCH low-k porous thin films using statistical mechanics molecular simulations and ellipso-porosimetry. The thin films are modified by plasma etching and wet cleaning. Numerical simulations of solvent adsorption on surfaces highlighted solvent affinity variations depending on chemical surface compositions. read less USED (high confidence) M. Lépinay et al., “Predicting Adsorption on Bare and Modified Silica Surfaces,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2015. link Times cited: 16 Abstract: We show that Derjaguin’s theory of adsorption can be used to… read moreAbstract: We show that Derjaguin’s theory of adsorption can be used to predict adsorption on bare and modified surfaces using parameters available to simple experiments. Using experiment and molecular simulation of adsorption of various gases on hydroxylated, methylated, and trifluoromethylated silica, this simple parametrization of Derjaguin’s model allows predicting adsorption on any functionalized surface using a minimum set of parameters such as the heat of vaporization of the adsorbate and the Henry constant of the adsorption isotherm. This general yet simple scheme constitutes a powerful tool as it avoids having to carry out tedious and complex adsorption measurements. read less USED (high confidence) E. Manga et al., “Effect of gas adsorption on acoustic wave propagation in MFI zeolite membrane materials: experiment and molecular simulation.,” Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2014. link Times cited: 6 Abstract: The present study reports on the development of a characteri… read moreAbstract: The present study reports on the development of a characterization method of porous membrane materials which consists of considering their acoustic properties upon gas adsorption. Using acoustic microscopy experiments and atomistic molecular simulations for helium adsorbed in a silicalite-1 zeolite membrane layer, we showed that acoustic wave propagation could be used, in principle, for controlling the membranes operando. Molecular simulations, which were found to fit experimental data, showed that the compressional modulus of the composite system consisting of silicalite-1 with adsorbed He increases linearly with the He adsorbed amount while its shear modulus remains constant in a large range of applied pressures. These results suggest that the longitudinal and Rayleigh wave velocities (VL and VR) depend on the He adsorbed amount whereas the transverse wave velocity VT remains constant. read less USED (high confidence) G. Ori, F. Villemot, L. Viau, A. Vioux, and B. Coasne, “Ionic liquid confined in silica nanopores: molecular dynamics in the isobaric–isothermal ensemble,” Molecular Physics. 2014. link Times cited: 65 Abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations in the isobaric–isothermal en… read moreAbstract: Molecular dynamics simulations in the isobaric–isothermal ensemble are used to investigate the structure and dynamics of an ionic liquid confined at ambient temperature and pressure in hydroxylated amorphous silica nanopores. The use of the isobaric–isothermal ensemble allows estimating the effect of confinement and surface chemistry on the density of the confined ionic liquid. The structure of the confined ionic liquid is investigated using density profiles and structural order parameters while its dynamics is assessed by determining the mobility and ionic conductivity of the confined phase. Despite the important screening of the electrostatic interactions (owing to the small Debye length in ionic liquids), the local structure of the confined ionic liquid is found to be mostly driven by electrostatic interactions. We show that both the structure and dynamics of the confined ionic liquid can be described as the sum of a surface contribution arising from the ions in contact with the surface and a bulk-like contribution arising from the ions located in the pore centre; as a result, most properties of the confined ionic liquid are a simple function of the surface-to-volume ratio of the host porous material. In contrast, the ionic conductivity of the confined ionic liquid, which is a collective dynamical property, is found to be similar to the bulk. This study sheds light on the complex behaviour of hybrid materials made up of ionic liquid confined in inorganic porous materials. read less USED (high confidence) F. Villemot, A. Galarneau, and B. Coasne, “Adsorption and Dynamics in Hierarchical Metal–Organic Frameworks,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2014. link Times cited: 27 Abstract: Adsorption and dynamics in hierarchical metal–organic framew… read moreAbstract: Adsorption and dynamics in hierarchical metal–organic frameworks are investigated by means of molecular simulation. The models of hierarchical porous solids are obtained by carving mesopores of different diameters out of a crystal of Cu-BTC (model A) or by inserting a microporous particle of Cu-BTC in an amorphous silica mesopore (model B). We show that the nitrogen adsorption isotherms at 77 K for the solids corresponding to model A can be described as a linear combination of reference adsorption isotherms for pure microporous and mesoporous solids. In contrast, the adsorption isotherms for model B cannot be described accurately as a sum of reference microporous and mesoporous adsorption isotherms. The inserted particle acts as a constriction which helps nucleate the liquid phase within the mesopore so that no capillary condensation hysteresis is observed. The dynamics of nitrogen adsorbed at 77 K inside the porosity of the hierarchical solids is also investigated. The Fickian regime is reached at long t... read less USED (high confidence) B. W. Ewers and J. Batteas, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Alkylsilane Monolayers on Silica Nanoasperities: Impact of Surface Curvature on Monolayer Structure and Pathways for Energy Dissipation in Tribological Contacts,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2012. link Times cited: 31 Abstract: Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkylsilanes have been c… read moreAbstract: Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkylsilanes have been considered as wear reducing layers in tribological applications, particularly to reduce stiction and wear in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Though these films successfully reduce interfacial forces, they are easily damaged during impact and shear. Surface roughness at the nanoscale is believed to play an important role in the failure of these films because it effects both the formation and quality of SAMs, and it focuses interfacial contact forces to very small areas, magnifying the locally applied pressure and shear on the lubricant film. To complement our prior studies employing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiments in which silica nanoparticles are used to simulate nanoasperities and to refine our analysis of these films to a molecular level, classical molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to understand the impact of nanoscopic surface curvature on the properties... read less USED (high confidence) K. Zheng et al., “Electron-beam-assisted superplastic shaping of nanoscale amorphous silica,” Nature Communications. 2010. link Times cited: 292 USED (high confidence) R. Renou et al., “Investigating ramp wave propagation inside silica glass with laser experiments and molecular simulations.” 2018. link Times cited: 2 Abstract: Under elastic shock compression silica glass exhibits a very… read moreAbstract: Under elastic shock compression silica glass exhibits a very specific behaviour. A shock propagating inside a material is usually seen as the propagation of a discontinuity. However in silica glass, shocks are unstable and lead to the propagation of a ramp wave where the shock front becomes gradually larger over time. Ramp waves were already reported in the literature, however their origin remain uncertain. This work presents an original study combining laser shock-induced experiments and molecular dynamics simulation aiming to improve the understanding of the mechanisms involved. Experimental ramp waves were directly observed using shadowgraphy technique allowing for an estimation of the head and tail velocities. Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out in order to reproduce ramp waves and to gain insight into the material properties. Ramp waves were observed for both elastic and plastic shockwaves. In the latter case, the plastic waves were preceded by an elastic ramp precursor. The sound speed, related to the material compressibility, was found to decrease with increasing pressure, as observed experimentally for quasi-static hydrostatic loading, thus providing an explanation for the instabilities that lead to the propagation of ramp waves. read less USED (low confidence) H. S. Senanayake, P. N. Wimalasiri, S. M. Godahewa, W. Thompson, and J. Greathouse, “Ab Initio-Derived Force Field for Amorphous Silica Interfaces for Use in Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2023. link Times cited: 0 USED (low confidence) A. Mysovsky and A. Paklin, “Molecular Dynamics Modeling of SiO2 Melts and Glass Formation Processes,” Glass Physics and Chemistry. 2023. link Times cited: 0 USED (low confidence) F. Grigoriev and V. Sulimov, “Atomistic Simulation of Physical Vapor Deposition of Optical Thin Films,” Nanomaterials. 2023. link Times cited: 0 Abstract: A review of the methods and results of atomistic modeling of… read moreAbstract: A review of the methods and results of atomistic modeling of the deposition of thin optical films and a calculation of their characteristics is presented. The simulation of various processes in a vacuum chamber, including target sputtering and the formation of film layers, is considered. Methods for calculating the structural, mechanical, optical, and electronic properties of thin optical films and film-forming materials are discussed. The application of these methods to studying the dependences of the characteristics of thin optical films on the main deposition parameters is considered. The simulation results are compared with experimental data. read less USED (low confidence) S. Jahn, “Molecular Simulations of Oxide and Silicate Melts and Glasses,” Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 2022. link Times cited: 6 USED (low confidence) E. Martin, G. Ori, T.-Q. Duong, M. Boero, and C. Massobrio, “Thermal conductivity of amorphous SiO2 by first-principles molecular dynamics,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2022. link Times cited: 6 USED (low confidence) D. Bowron et al., “Atomic-Spring-like Effect in Glassy Silica-Helium Composites,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2022. link Times cited: 0 USED (low confidence) P. N. Wimalasiri, N. P. Nguyen, H. S. Senanayake, B. Laird, and W. Thompson, “Amorphous Silica Slab Models with Variable Surface Roughness and Silanol Density for Use in Simulations of Dynamics and Catalysis,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2021. link Times cited: 9 USED (low confidence) Y. Cheng, A. Kolesnikov, and A. Ramirez‐Cuesta, “Simulation of Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectra Directly from Molecular Dynamics Trajectories.,” Journal of chemical theory and computation. 2020. link Times cited: 11 Abstract: Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) is a widely used techniqu… read moreAbstract: Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) is a widely used technique to study atomic and molecular vibrations. With the increasing complexity of materials and thus the INS spectra, being able to simulate the spectra from various atomistic models becomes an essential step and also a major bottleneck for INS data analysis. The conventional approach using density functional theory and lattice dynamics often falls short when the materials of interest are complex (e.g., defective, disordered, heterogeneous, amorphous, large-scale), for which molecular dynamics driven by an interatomic force field is a more common approach. In this paper, we demonstrate a method to directly convert molecular dynamics trajectories into simulated INS spectra, including not only fundamental but also higher order excitations. The results are compared with data collected on various representative samples from different neutron spectrometers. This development will open great opportunities by providing the key tool to perform in-depth analysis of INS data and to validate and optimize computer models. read less USED (low confidence) D. Wang, L. Wang, L. Zhang, C. Cai, N. Li, and M. Yang, “A modified model for estimating excess adsorption of methane in moist nanoporous silica,” Chemical Physics. 2020. link Times cited: 7 USED (low confidence) P. Maximiano, L. Durães, and P. Simões, “Overview of Multiscale Molecular Modeling and Simulation of Silica Aerogels,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2019. link Times cited: 11 Abstract: Molecular simulation has become an integral and invaluable p… read moreAbstract: Molecular simulation has become an integral and invaluable part of Chemical Product Engineering, as it provides fundamental and indispensable insights for a rational product design. Silica aerogels... read less USED (low confidence) S. Gelin, D. Poinot, S. Châtel, P. Calba, and A. Lemaître, “Microstructural origin of compressive
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stresses in electron-gun-evaporated silica thin films,” Physical Review Materials. 2019. link Times cited: 1 USED (low confidence) C. Scherer, F. Schmid, M. Letz, and J. Horbach, “Structure and dynamics of B2O3 melts and glasses: From ab initio to classical molecular dynamics simulations,” Computational Materials Science. 2019. link Times cited: 15 USED (low confidence) F. Bamer, F. Ebrahem, and B. Markert, “Plasticity in vitreous silica induced by cyclic tension considering rate-dependence: Role of the network topology,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2019. link Times cited: 21 USED (low confidence) F. Ebrahem, F. Bamer, and B. Markert, “The influence of the network topology on the deformation and fracture behaviour of silica glass: A molecular dynamics study,” Computational Materials Science. 2018. link Times cited: 33 USED (low confidence) A. D. Parmar, S. Sengupta, and S. Sastry, “Power law relationship between diffusion coefficients in multi-component glass forming liquids,” The European Physical Journal E. 2018. link Times cited: 2 USED (low confidence) C. Scherer, J. Horbach, F. Schmid, and M. Letz, “Negative thermal expansion of quartz glass at low temperatures: An ab initio simulation study,” Journal of Non-crystalline Solids. 2017. link Times cited: 7 USED (low confidence) A. Carré, S. Ispas, J. Horbach, and W. Kob, “Developing empirical potentials from ab initio simulations: The case of amorphous silica,” Computational Materials Science. 2016. link Times cited: 24 USED (low confidence) B. Cowen and M. El-Genk, “Probability-based threshold displacement energies for oxygen and silicon atoms in α-quartz silica,” Computational Materials Science. 2016. link Times cited: 17 USED (low confidence) O. Gedeon, “Molecular dynamics of vitreous silica — Variations in potentials and simulation regimes,” Journal of Non-crystalline Solids. 2015. link Times cited: 6 USED (low confidence) B. Cowen and M. El-Genk, “On force fields for molecular dynamics simulations of crystalline silica,” Computational Materials Science. 2015. link Times cited: 31 USED (low confidence) I. Bryukhanov, A. Rybakov, V. Kovalev, and A. Larin, “Influence of carbonate species on elastic properties of NaX and NaKX zeolites,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 2014. link Times cited: 8 USED (low confidence) A. Jacob, A. A. Gray-Weale, and P. Masset, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of SiO2 and SiO2‐CaO Mixtures.” 2014. link Times cited: 0 USED (low confidence) K. Okhotnikov, B. Stevensson, and M. Edén, “New interatomic potential parameters for molecular dynamics simulations of rare-earth (RE = La, Y, Lu, Sc) aluminosilicate glass structures: exploration of RE3+ field-strength effects.,” Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. 2013. link Times cited: 39 Abstract: Sets of self-consistent oxygen-rare earth (RE = La, Y, Lu, S… read moreAbstract: Sets of self-consistent oxygen-rare earth (RE = La, Y, Lu, Sc) interatomic potential parameters are derived using a force-matching procedure and utilized in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for exploring the structures of RE2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 glasses that feature a fixed molar ratio n(Al)/n(Si) = 1 but variable RE contents. The structures of RE aluminosilicate (AS) glasses depend markedly on the RE(3+) cation field strength (CFS) over both short and intermediate length-scales. We explore these dependencies for glasses incorporating the cations La(3+), Y(3+), Lu(3+) and Sc(3+), whose CFSs increase due to the concomitant shrinkage of the ionic radii: R(La) > R(Y) > R(Lu) > R(Sc). This trend is mirrored in decreasing average RE(3+) coordination numbers (Z(RE)) from Z(La) = 6.4 to Z(Sc) = 5.4 in the MD-derived data. However, overall the effects from RE(3+) CFS elevations on the local glass structures are most pronounced in the O and {Al([4]), Al([5]), Al([6])} speciations. The former display minor but growing populations of O([0]) ("free oxygen ion") and O([3]) ("oxygen tricluster") moieties. The abundance of AlO5 polyhedra increases significantly from ≈10% in La-based glasses to ≈30% in their Sc counterparts at the expense of the overall dominating AlO4 tetrahedra, whereas the amounts of AlO6 groups remain <5% throughout. We also discuss the Si([4])/Al([p]) (p = 4, 5, 6) intermixing and the nature of their oxygen bridges, where the degree of edge-sharing increases together with the RE(3+) CFS. read less USED (low confidence) E. Paek and G. Hwang, “A computational analysis of graphene adhesion on amorphous silica,” Journal of Applied Physics. 2013. link Times cited: 19 Abstract: We present a computational analysis of the morphology and ad… read moreAbstract: We present a computational analysis of the morphology and adhesion energy of graphene on the surface of amorphous silica (a-SiO2). The a-SiO2 model surfaces obtained from the continuous random network model-based Metropolis Monte Carlo approach show Gaussian-like height distributions with an average standard deviation of 2.91 ± 0.56 A, in good agreement with existing experimental measurements (1.68–3.7 A). Our calculations clearly demonstrate that the optimal adhesion between graphene and a-SiO2 occurs when the graphene sheet is slightly less corrugated than the underlying a-SiO2 surface. From morphology analysis based on fast Fourier transform, we find that graphene may not conform well to the relatively small jagged features of the a-SiO2 surface with wave lengths of smaller than 2 nm, although it generally exhibits high-fidelity conformation to a-SiO2 topographic features. For 18 independent samples, on average the van der Waals interaction at the graphene/a-SiO2 interface is predicted to vary from Evd... read less USED (low confidence) F. Yuan and L. Huang, “Molecular dynamics simulation of amorphous silica under uniaxial tension: From bulk to nanowire,” Journal of Non-crystalline Solids. 2012. link Times cited: 62 USED (low confidence) M. Kim, K. Khoo, and J. Chelikowsky, “Simulating liquid and amorphous silicon dioxide using real-space pseudopotentials,” Physical Review B. 2012. link Times cited: 15 USED (low confidence) F. Angeli, O. Villain, S. Schuller, S. Ispas, and T. Charpentier, “Insight into sodium silicate glass structural organization by multinuclear NMR combined with first-principles calculations,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2011. link Times cited: 110 USED (low confidence) T. Soules, G. Gilmer, M. Matthews, J. Stolken, and M. Feit, “Silica Molecular Dynamic Force Fields- A Practical Assessment,” Journal of Non-crystalline Solids. 2010. link Times cited: 55 USED (low confidence) B. Cowen and M. El-Genk, “Bond-order reactive force fields for molecular dynamics simulations of crystalline silica,” Computational Materials Science. 2016. link Times cited: 15 USED (low confidence) G. Ori, C. Massobrio, A. Bouzid, and B. Coasne, “Molecular Modeling of Glassy Surfaces.” 2015. link Times cited: 1 USED (low confidence) E. R. Cope, “Dynamic properties of materials : phonons from neutron scattering.” 2010. link Times cited: 2 Abstract: Related article - "FORTRAN routines for the new SQW and… read moreAbstract: Related article - "FORTRAN routines for the new SQW and PDF modules of GULP and TOBYFIT" at http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/225173 in the Data sets - Mineral Science Collection read less NOT USED (low confidence) J. Singh and S. Singh, “A review on Machine learning aspect in physics and mechanics of glasses,” Materials Science and Engineering: B. 2022. link Times cited: 10 NOT USED (low confidence) H. Liu et al., “Challenges and opportunities in atomistic simulations of glasses: a review,” Comptes Rendus. Géoscience. 2022. link Times cited: 8 Abstract: . Atomistic modeling and simulations have been pivotal in ou… read moreAbstract: . Atomistic modeling and simulations have been pivotal in our understanding of the glassy state. Indeed, atomistic modeling o ff ers direct access to the structure and dynamics of atoms in glasses—which is typically hidden from conventional experiments. Simulations also o ff er a more economical, faster alternative to systematic experiments to decode composition-property relationships and accelerate the discovery of new glasses with desirable properties and functionalities. However, the atomistic modeling of glasses remains plagued by a series of challenges, e read less NOT USED (low confidence) I. A. Balyakin, S. Rempel, R. Ryltsev, and A. Rempel, “Deep machine learning interatomic potential for liquid silica.,” Physical review. E. 2020. link Times cited: 16 Abstract: The use of machine learning to develop neural network potent… read moreAbstract: The use of machine learning to develop neural network potentials (NNP) representing the interatomic potential energy surface allows us to achieve an optimal balance between accuracy and efficiency in computer simulation of materials. A key point in developing such potentials is the preparation of a training dataset of ab initio trajectories. Here we apply a deep potential molecular dynamics (DeePMD) approach to develop NNP for silica, which is the representative glassformer widely used as a model system for simulating network-forming liquids and glasses. We show that the use of a relatively small training dataset of high-temperature ab initio configurations is enough to fabricate NNP, which describes well both structural and dynamical properties of liquid silica. In particular, we calculate the pair correlation functions, angular distribution function, velocity autocorrelation functions, vibrational density of states, and mean-square displacement and reveal a close agreement with ab initio data. We show that NNP allows us to expand significantly the time-space scales achievable in simulations and thus calculating dynamical and transport properties with more accuracy than that for ab initio methods. We find that developed NNP allows us to describe the structure of the glassy silica with satisfactory accuracy even though no low-temperature configurations were included in the training procedure. The results obtained open up prospects for simulating structural and dynamical properties of liquids and glasses via NNP. read less NOT USED (low confidence) B. Deng, Y. Shi, and F. Yuan, “Investigation on the structural origin of low thermal expansion coefficient of fused silica,” Materialia. 2020. link Times cited: 9 NOT USED (low confidence) H. Liu, Z. Fu, K. Yang, X. Xu, and M. Bauchy, “Machine learning for glass science and engineering: A review,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2019. link Times cited: 79 NOT USED (low confidence) H. Liu, Z. Fu, Y. Li, N. F. A. Sabri, and M. Bauchy, “Balance between accuracy and simplicity in empirical forcefields for glass modeling: Insights from machine learning,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2019. link Times cited: 19 NOT USED (low confidence) H. Liu, Z. Fu, Y. Li, N. F. A. Sabri, and M. Bauchy, “Parameterization of empirical forcefields for glassy silica using machine learning,” MRS Communications. 2019. link Times cited: 16 Abstract: The development of reliable, yet computationally efficient i… read moreAbstract: The development of reliable, yet computationally efficient interatomic forcefields is key to facilitate the modeling of glasses. However, the parameterization of novel forcefields is challenging as the high number of parameters renders traditional optimization methods inefficient or subject to bias. Here, we present a new parameterization method based on machine learning, which combines ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and Bayesian optimization. By taking the example of glassy silica, we show that our method yields a new interatomic forcefield that offers an unprecedented agreement with ab initio simulations. This method offers a new route to efficiently parameterize new interatomic forcefields for disordered solids in a non-biased fashion. read less NOT USED (low confidence) B. Coasne et al., “Poroelastic theory applied to the adsorption-induced deformation of vitreous silica.,” The journal of physical chemistry. B. 2014. link Times cited: 25 Abstract: When vitreous silica is submitted to high pressures under a … read moreAbstract: When vitreous silica is submitted to high pressures under a helium atmosphere, the change in volume observed is much smaller than expected from its elastic properties. It results from helium penetration into the interstitial free volume of the glass network. We present here the results of concurrent spectroscopic experiments using either helium or neon and molecular simulations relating the amount of gas adsorbed to the strain of the network. We show that a generalized poromechanical approach, describing the elastic properties of microporous materials upon adsorption, can be applied successfully to silica glass in which the free volume exists only at the subnanometer scale. In that picture, the adsorption-induced deformation accounts for the small apparent compressibility of silica observed in experiments. read less NOT USED (low confidence) B. Coasne et al., “Enhanced mechanical strength of zeolites by adsorption of guest molecules.,” Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. 2011. link Times cited: 65 Abstract: We report a molecular simulation study of the mechanical pro… read moreAbstract: We report a molecular simulation study of the mechanical properties of microporous zeolites filled with guest molecules. We show that the adsorption of molecules in the micropores of the material increases its bulk modulus. These results provide a microscopic picture of the deactivation of pressure-induced amorphization by incorporation of molecules. read less NOT USED (low confidence) L. Huang and J. Kieffer, “Challenges in modeling mixed ionic-covalent glass formers.” 2015. link Times cited: 11 NOT USED (high confidence) A. Koneru et al., “Multi-reward reinforcement learning based development of inter-atomic potential models for silica,” npj Computational Materials. 2023. link Times cited: 0 NOT USED (high confidence) J.-C. Griesser, L. Frérot, J. A. Oldenstaedt, M. Müser, and L. Pastewka, “Analytic elastic coefficients in molecular calculations: Finite strain, nonaffine displacements, and many-body interatomic potentials,” Physical Review Materials. 2023. link Times cited: 1 Abstract: Elastic constants are among the most fundamental and importa… read moreAbstract: Elastic constants are among the most fundamental and important properties of solid materials, which is why they are routinely characterized in both experiments and simulations. While conceptually simple, the treatment of elastic constants is complicated by two factors not yet having been concurrently discussed: finite-strain and non-affine, internal displacements. Here, we revisit the theory behind zero-temperature, finite-strain elastic constants and extend it to explicitly consider non-affine displacements. We further present analytical expressions for second-order derivatives of the potential energy for two-body and generic many-body interatomic potentials, such as cluster and empirical bond-order potentials. Specifically, we revisit the elastic constants of silicon, silicon carbide and silicon dioxide under hydrostatic compression and dilatation. Based on existing and new results, we outline the effect of multiaxial stress states as opposed to volumetric deformation on the limits of stability of their crystalline lattices. read less NOT USED (high confidence) F. Bamer, F. Ebrahem, B. Markert, and B. Stamm, “Molecular Mechanics of Disordered Solids,” Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. 2023. link Times cited: 5 NOT USED (high confidence) A. Pedone, M. Bertani, L. Brugnoli, and A. Pallini, “Interatomic potentials for oxide glasses: Past, present, and future,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X. 2022. link Times cited: 2 NOT USED (high confidence) A. Tirelli and K. Nakano, “Topological Data Analysis for Revealing the Structural Origin of Density Anomalies in Silica Glass.,” The journal of physical chemistry. B. 2022. link Times cited: 1 Abstract: Topological data analysis (TDA) is a newly emerging and powe… read moreAbstract: Topological data analysis (TDA) is a newly emerging and powerful tool for understanding the medium-range structure ordering of multiscale data. This study investigates the density anomalies observed during the cooling of liquid silica from a topological point of view using TDA. The density of liquid silica does not monotonically increase during cooling; it instead shows a maximum and minimum. Despite tremendous efforts, the structural origin of these density anomalies is not clearly understood. Our approach reveals that the one-dimensional topology of the -Si-Si- network changes at the temperatures at which the maximum and minimum densities are observed in our MD simulations, while those of the -O-O- and -Si-O- networks change at lower temperatures. Our ring analysis motivated by the TDA outcomes reveals that quantitative changes in -Si-Si- rings occur at the temperatures where the density is maximized and minimized, while those of the -O-O- and -Si-O- rings occur at lower temperatures; such findings are perfectly consistent with our TDA results. Our work demonstrates the value of new topological techniques in understanding the transitions in glassy materials and sheds light on the characterization of glass-liquid transitions. read less NOT USED (high confidence) L. C. Erhard, J. Rohrer, K. Albe, and V. L. Deringer, “A machine-learned interatomic potential for silica and its relation to empirical models,” npj Computational Materials. 2022. link Times cited: 32 NOT USED (high confidence) M. Santoro et al., “Insertion of Oxygen and Nitrogen in the Siliceous Zeolite TON at High Pressure,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2021. link Times cited: 0 NOT USED (high confidence) H. Liu, Y. Li, Z. Fu, K. Li, and M. Bauchy, “Exploring the landscape of Buckingham potentials for silica by machine learning: Soft vs hard interatomic forcefields.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2020. link Times cited: 9 Abstract: Interatomic forcefields for silicate glasses often rely on p… read moreAbstract: Interatomic forcefields for silicate glasses often rely on partial (rather than formal) charges to describe the Coulombic interactions between ions. Such forcefields can be classified as "soft" or "hard" based on the value of the partial charge attributed to Si atoms, wherein softer forcefields rely on smaller partial charges. Here, we use machine learning to efficiently explore the "landscape" of Buckingham forcefields for silica, that is, the evolution of the overall forcefield accuracy as a function of the forcefield parameters. Interestingly, we find that soft and hard forcefields correspond to two distinct, yet competitive local minima in this landscape. By analyzing the structure of the silica configurations predicted by soft and hard forcefields, we show that although soft and hard potentials offer competitive accuracy in describing the short-range order structure, soft potentials feature a higher ability to describe the medium-range order. read less NOT USED (high confidence) A. Baroni et al., “Many-body effects at the origin of structural transitions in B2O3.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2019. link Times cited: 2 Abstract: The structural properties of glassy diboron trioxide, g-B2O3… read moreAbstract: The structural properties of glassy diboron trioxide, g-B2O3, are investigated from ambient to high pressure conditions using two types of atomic force-field models that account for many-body effects. These models are parameterized by a dipole- and force-fitting procedure of reference datasets created via first-principles calculations on a series of configurations. The predictions of the models are tested against experimental data, where particular attention is paid to the structural transitions in g-B2O3 that involve changes to both the short- and medium-range order. The models outperform those previously devised, where improvement originates from the incorporation of two key physical ingredients, namely, (i) the polarizability of the oxide ion and (ii) the ability of an oxide ion to change both size and shape in response to its coordination environment. The results highlight the importance of many-body effects for accurately modeling this challenging system. read less NOT USED (high confidence) M. Bouhadja and N. Jakse, “Structural and dynamic properties of aluminosilicate melts: a molecular dynamics study,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2019. link Times cited: 10 Abstract: In the present work, the structural and dynamic properties o… read moreAbstract: In the present work, the structural and dynamic properties of aluminosilicates (Al2O3)x-(SiO2)1−x (AS) as a function of the Al2O3 concentration x are studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations. Firstly, the parametrization of the Born–Mayer–Huggins type potential developed recently for the more general CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 ternary system is assessed. Comparison of local structural properties, such as the x-ray structure factor, partial pair-correlation functions, distributions of coordination numbers and bond angles, as well as the dynamics through the viscosity and self-diffusion coefficients to experimental data and other molecular dynamics simulations found in the literature, shows that this potential is transferable to AS melts for all compositions and is more reliable than other empirical potentials used so far. The evolution of viscosity with temperature in stable liquid and undercooled regions is studied in the whole composition range and results show a progressive increase of the fragility with increasing Al2O3 content correlated to that of local structural entities like the triply bonded oxygen (TBO), AlO5 and AlO6. read less NOT USED (high confidence) B. Cui and E. Terentjev, “Comparison of the Helmholtz, Gibbs, and collective-modes methods to obtain nonaffine elastic constants,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2019. link Times cited: 4 NOT USED (high confidence) B. Cui, A. Zaccone, and D. Rodney, “Nonaffine lattice dynamics with the Ewald method reveals strongly nonaffine elasticity of α-quartz.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2019. link Times cited: 14 Abstract: A lattice dynamical formalism based on nonaffine response th… read moreAbstract: A lattice dynamical formalism based on nonaffine response theory is derived for noncentrosymmetric crystals, accounting for long-range interatomic interactions using the Ewald method. The framework takes equilibrated static configurations as input to compute the elastic constants in excellent agreement with both experimental data and calculations under strain. Besides this methodological improvement, which enables faster evaluation of elastic constants without the need of explicitly simulating the deformation process, the framework provides insights into the nonaffine contribution to the elastic constants of α-quartz. It turns out that, due to the noncentrosymmetric lattice structure, the nonaffine (softening) correction to the elastic constants is very large, such that the overall elastic constants are at least 3-4 times smaller than the affine Born-Huang estimate. read less NOT USED (high confidence) D. Melgar, M. Lauricella, G. O’Brien, and N. J. English, “Amplitude effects on seismic velocities: How low can we go?,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2019. link Times cited: 1 Abstract: α-quartz is one of the most important SiO2 polymorphs becaus… read moreAbstract: α-quartz is one of the most important SiO2 polymorphs because it is the basis of very common minerals, especially for seabed materials with geoscientific importance. The elastic characterization of these materials is particularly relevant when the properties governing phonon and sound propagation are involved. These studies are especially interesting for oil exploration purposes. Recently, we published a new method that constitutes to the best of our knowledge the first attempt to recreate longitudinal and transversal perturbations in a simulation box to observe their propagation through the crystal by means of a set of descriptors [D. Melgar et al., J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 3006-3013 (2018)]. The agreement with the experimental S- and P-wave velocities was rather excellent. Thus, an effort has been undertaken to deepen the particularities of this new methodology. Here, bearing in mind this encouraging initial methodology-development progress, we deepen our knowledge of the particularities of this new methodology in presenting a systematic investigation of the implementation of the perturbation source. This includes new ways of creating the perturbation, as well as analyzing the possible effects the perturbation amplitude could have on the resultant velocities. In addition, different force fields were tested to describe the interatomic interactions. The lack of dependence of the seismic velocities on the way the perturbation is created and the perturbation amplitude, and the good agreement with the experimental results are the main reasons that allow the definition of this new methodology as robust and reliable. These qualities are consolidated by the physical behavior of the calculated velocities in the presence of vacancies and under stress. The development of this method opens up a new line of research of calculating seismic velocities for geophysically relevant materials in a systematic way, with full control not only on the sample features (composition, porosity, vacancies, stress, etc.) but also on the particularities of perturbation itself, as well as determining optimal system-response metrics. read less NOT USED (high confidence) S. Sundararaman, L. Huang, S. Ispas, and W. Kob, “New interaction potentials for alkali and alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glasses.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2018. link Times cited: 36 Abstract: We apply a recently developed optimization scheme to obtain … read moreAbstract: We apply a recently developed optimization scheme to obtain effective potentials for alkali and alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glasses that contain lithium, sodium, potassium, or calcium as modifiers. As input data for the optimization, we used the radial distribution functions of the liquid at high temperature generated by means of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and density and elastic modulus of glass at room temperature from experiments. The new interaction potentials are able to reproduce reliably the structure and various mechanical and vibrational properties over a wide range of compositions for binary silicates. We have tested these potentials for various ternary systems and find that they are transferable and can be mixed, thus allowing us to reproduce and predict the structure and properties of multicomponent glasses. read less NOT USED (high confidence) F. Grigoriev, V. Sulimov, and A. Tikhonravov, “Simulation of the optical coating deposition,” Advanced Optical Technologies. 2018. link Times cited: 5 Abstract: A brief review of the mathematical methods of thin-film grow… read moreAbstract: A brief review of the mathematical methods of thin-film growth simulation and results of their applications is presented. Both full-atomistic and multi-scale approaches that were used in the studies of thin-film deposition are considered. The results of the structural parameter simulation including density profiles, roughness, porosity, point defect concentration, and others are discussed. The application of the quantum level methods to the simulation of the thin-film electronic and optical properties is considered. Special attention is paid to the simulation of the silicon dioxide thin films. read less NOT USED (high confidence) S. Izvekov, N. S. Weingarten, and E. F. C. Byrd, “Effect of a core-softened O-O interatomic interaction on the shock compression of fused silica,” Journal of Chemical Physics. 2018. link Times cited: 2 Abstract: Isotropic soft-core potentials have attracted considerable a… read moreAbstract: Isotropic soft-core potentials have attracted considerable attention due to their ability to reproduce thermodynamic, dynamic, and structural anomalies observed in tetrahedral network-forming compounds such as water and silica. The aim of the present work is to assess the relevance of effective core-softening pertinent to the oxygen-oxygen interaction in silica to the thermodynamics and phase change mechanisms that occur in shock compressed fused silica. We utilize the MD simulation method with a recently published numerical interatomic potential derived from an ab initio MD simulation of liquid silica via force-matching. The resulting potential indicates an effective shoulder-like core-softening of the oxygen-oxygen repulsion. To better understand the role of the core-softening we analyze two derivative force-matching potentials in which the soft-core is replaced with a repulsive core either in the three-body potential term or in all the potential terms. Our analysis is further augmented by a comparison ... read less NOT USED (high confidence) S. Halbert, S. Ispas, C. Raynaud, and O. Eisenstein, “Modelling the surface of amorphous dehydroxylated silica: the influence of the potential on the nature and density of defects,” New Journal of Chemistry. 2018. link Times cited: 5 Abstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) calculations using two effective pai… read moreAbstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) calculations using two effective pair potentials BKS and CHIK have been carried out to represent the structures of the amorphous dehydroxylated silica surface in liquid (3400 and 2500 K) and glassy (1000 and 300 K) states. Previous studies have shown that CHIK performs better to represent the properties of bulk silica and this may result from the different values of the Si–O and O–O parameters, as well as from an additional Si⋯Si short range interaction term. The two potentials show similar trends in the change of structures upon going from the internal to the surface parts of the samples. However, the additional flexibility, likely due to the presence of the Si⋯Si short range interaction, relative to BKS, results in a surface which has overall more defects like in particular small 2-membered rings (SiO2)2 and dangling Si–O bonds. This cumulated density of defects corresponds qualitatively to the density of functionalized Si–OH obtained experimentally. This study shows that CHIK gives a good representation of the silica surface. read less NOT USED (high confidence) T. Dufils, N. Folliet, B. Mantisi, N. Sator, and B. Guillot, “Properties of magmatic liquids by molecular dynamics simulation: The example of a MORB melt,” Chemical Geology. 2017. link Times cited: 18 NOT USED (high confidence) B. Cowen and M. El-Genk, “Estimates of point defect production in α-quartz using molecular dynamics simulations,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 2017. link Times cited: 5 Abstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to investi… read moreAbstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to investigate the production of point defects in α-quartz by oxygen and silicon primary knock-on atoms (PKAs) of 0.25–2 keV. The Wigner–Seitz (WS) defect analysis is used to identify the produced vacancies, interstitials, and antisites, and the coordination defect analysis is used to identify the under and over-coordinated oxygen and silicon atoms. The defects at the end of the ballistic phase and the residual defects, after annealing, increase with increased PKA energy, and are statistically the same for the oxygen and silicon PKAs. The WS defect analysis results show that the numbers of the oxygen vacancies and interstitials (VO, Oi) at the end of the ballistic phase is the highest, followed closely by those of the silicon vacancies and interstitials (VSi, Sii). The number of the residual oxygen and silicon vacancies and interstitials are statistically the same. In addition, the under-coordinated OI and SiIII, which are the primary defects during the ballistic phase, have high annealing efficiencies (>89%). The over-coordinated defects of OIII and SiV, which are not nearly as abundant in the ballistic phase, have much lower annealing efficiencies (<63%) that decrease with increased PKA energy. read less NOT USED (high confidence) W. Kob and S. Ispas, “First‐principles Simulations of Glass‐formers,” Encyclopedia of Glass Science, Technology, History, and Culture. 2016. link Times cited: 3 Abstract: In this article we review results of computer simulation of … read moreAbstract: In this article we review results of computer simulation of glasses carried out using first principles approaches, notably density functional theory. We start with a brief introduction to this method and compare the pros and cons of this approach with the ones of simulations with classical potentials. This is followed by a discussion of simulation results of various glass-forming systems that have been obtained via ab initio simulations and that demonstrate the usefulness of this approach to understand the properties of glasses on the microscopic level. read less NOT USED (high confidence) S. Izvekov and B. Rice, “A new parameter-free soft-core potential for silica and its application to simulation of silica anomalies.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2015. link Times cited: 7 Abstract: A core-softening of the effective interaction between oxygen… read moreAbstract: A core-softening of the effective interaction between oxygen atoms in water and silica systems and its role in developing anomalous thermodynamic, transport, and structural properties have been extensively debated. For silica, the progress with addressing these issues has been hampered by a lack of effective interaction models with explicit core-softening. In this work, we present an extension of a two-body soft-core interatomic force field for silica recently reported by us [S. Izvekov and B. M. Rice, J. Chem. Phys. 136(13), 134508 (2012)] to include three-body forces. Similar to two-body interaction terms, the three-body terms are derived using parameter-free force-matching of the interactions from ab initio MD simulations of liquid silica. The derived shape of the O-Si-O three-body potential term affirms the existence of repulsion softening between oxygen atoms at short separations. The new model shows a good performance in simulating liquid, amorphous, and crystalline silica. By comparing the soft-core model and a similar model with the soft-core suppressed, we demonstrate that the topology reorganization within the local tetrahedral network and the O-O core-softening are two competitive mechanisms responsible for anomalous thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors observed in liquid and amorphous silica. The studied anomalies include the temperature of density maximum locus and anomalous diffusivity in liquid silica, and irreversible densification of amorphous silica. We show that the O-O core-softened interaction enhances the observed anomalies primarily through two mechanisms: facilitating the defect driven structural rearrangements of the silica tetrahedral network and modifying the tetrahedral ordering induced interactions toward multiple characteristic scales, the feature which underlies the thermodynamic anomalies. read less NOT USED (high confidence) R. Vuilleumier, A. Seitsonen, N. Sator, and B. Guillot, “Carbon dioxide in silicate melts at upper mantle conditions: Insights from atomistic simulations,” Chemical Geology. 2015. link Times cited: 30 NOT USED (high confidence) D. Corradini, Y. Ishii, N. Ohtori, and M. Salanne, “DFT-based polarizable force field for TiO2 and SiO2,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 2015. link Times cited: 9 Abstract: TiO2 and SiO2 are materials with unique importance in materi… read moreAbstract: TiO2 and SiO2 are materials with unique importance in materials science. They are often modelled using conventional force fields, but including polarization effects is compulsory for enhancing the accuracy of the simulations. Here we parameterize a force field for the two materials in the framework of the polarizable ion model. The parameterization is performed via a generalized force-fitting methodology using DFT calculations as reference data. We show that it is possible to generate a force field in which the same parameters are used for the oxide ion in both SiO2 and TiO2, and which is able to reproduce accurately the equilibrium structure of their various crystalline polymorphs, as well as glassy silica. read less NOT USED (high confidence) J. Harvey, A. Gheribi, and P. Asimow, “A self-consistent optimization of multicomponent solution properties: Ab initio molecular dynamic simulations and the MgO–SiO 2 miscibility gap under pressure,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2015. link Times cited: 6 NOT USED (high confidence) J. Habasaki and K. Ngai, “Molecular dynamics study of network statistics in lithium disilicate: Q(n) distribution and the pressure-volume diagram.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2013. link Times cited: 17 Abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to study … read moreAbstract: Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to study the structures along the pressure-volume diagram of network-glasses and melts exemplified by the lithium disilicate system. Experimentally, densification of the disilicate glass by elevated pressure is known and this feature is reasonably reproduced by the simulations. During the process of densification or decompression of the system, the statistics of Q(n) (i.e., SiO4 tetrahedron unit with n bridging oxygen linked to the silicon atom where n = 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4) change, and the percentage of the Q3 structures show the maximum value near atmospheric pressure at around T(g). Changes of Q(n) distribution are driven by the changes of volume (or pressure) and are explained by the different volumes of structural units. Furthermore, some pairs of network structures with equi-volume, but having different distributions of Q(n) (or different heterogeneity), are found. Therefore, for molecular dynamics simulations of the Q(n) distributions, it is important to take into account the complex phase behavior including poly-structures with different heterogeneities as well as the position of the system in the P-V-T diagram. read less NOT USED (high confidence) T. Köhler, M. Turowski, H. Ehlers, M. Landmann, D. Ristau, and T. Frauenheim, “Computational approach for structure design and prediction of optical properties in amorphous TiO2 thin-film coatings,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2013. link Times cited: 26 Abstract: We have investigated the structural and electronic propertie… read moreAbstract: We have investigated the structural and electronic properties of amorphous TiO2 using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations based on ab initio density functional theory, a numerically efficient density-functional-based tight-binding approach and classical many-body potentials. The lower level approximations are successively validated by the higher level ones through comparison of the calculated structural and electronic properties. The classical results reproduce all relevant structural features of a-TiO2 as obtained by quantum-mechanical simulation and reproduce the experimentally observed reduced radial distribution function. This gives convincing justification for the use of classical MD in the simulation of ion beam sputtering synthesis of large-area amorphous thin films. Cross-correlation of electronic data with the statistics of disorder-induced under- and over-coordination is derived as a basis for evaluating the optical quality of thin-film coatings. read less NOT USED (high confidence) L. Cheng, J. A. Morrone, and B. Berne, “Structure and Dynamics of Acetonitrile Confined in a Silica Nanopore,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2012. link Times cited: 37 Abstract: Acetonitrile confined in silica nanopores with surfaces of v… read moreAbstract: Acetonitrile confined in silica nanopores with surfaces of varying functionality is studied by means of molecular dynamics simulation. The hydrogen-bonding interaction between the surface and the liquid is parametrized by means of first-principles molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that acetonitrile orders into bilayer like structures near the surface, in agreement with prior simulations and experiments. A newly developed method is applied to calculate relevant time correlation functions for molecules in different layers of the pore. This method takes into account the short lifetimes of the molecules in the layers. We compare this method with prior techniques that do not take this lifetime into account and discuss their pitfalls. We show that in agreement with experiment, the dynamics of the system may be described by a two population model that accounts for bulk-like relaxation in the center and frustrated dynamics near the surface of the pore. Specific hydrogen-bonding interactions are found to... read less NOT USED (high confidence) B. Guillot and N. Sator, “Noble gases in high-pressure silicate liquids: A computer simulation study,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2011. link Times cited: 42 NOT USED (high confidence) M. Salanne and P. Madden, “Polarization effects in ionic solids and melts,” Molecular Physics. 2011. link Times cited: 127 Abstract: Ionic solids and melts are compounds in which the interactio… read moreAbstract: Ionic solids and melts are compounds in which the interactions are dominated by electrostatic effects. However, the polarization of the ions also plays an important role in many respects as has been clarified in recent years thanks to the development of realistic polarizable interaction potentials. After detailing these models, we illustrate the importance of polarization effects on a series of examples concerning the structural properties, such as the stabilization of particular crystal structures or the formation of highly-coordinated multivalent ions in the melts, as well as the dynamic properties such as the diffusion of ionic species. The effects on the structure of molten salt interfaces (with vacuum and electrified metal) is also described. Although most of the results described here concern inorganic compounds (molten fluorides and chlorides, ionic oxides...), the particular case of the room-temperature ionic liquids, a special class of molten salts in which at least one species is organic, will also be briefly discussed to indicate how the ideas gained from the study of ‘simple’ molten salts are being transferred to these more complex systems. read less NOT USED (high confidence) M. Tokuyama, “Universality in self-diffusion of atoms among distinctly different glass-forming liquids.,” The journal of physical chemistry. B. 2011. link Times cited: 11 Abstract: The long-time self-diffusion coefficients D(S)(L) in distinc… read moreAbstract: The long-time self-diffusion coefficients D(S)(L) in distinctly different glass-forming liquids are analyzed from a unified point of view recently proposed by the present author. It is shown that as long as the systems are in equilibrium, they are all described by the following two types of master curves, depending on whether the control parameter is intensive or extensive: D(S)(L)(x) = d(0)x(-1)(1 - x)(2+η) exp[cx(3+η)(1 - x)(2+η)] for a reduced intensive control parameter x, such as a reduced inverse temperature, and D(S)(L)(x) = d(0)x(-1)(1 - x)(2) for a reduced extensive control parameter x, such as a reduced volume fraction, where d(0) and c are constant. Here, the exponent η (≠0) results from many-body correlations in a supercooled liquid state. The constants η and c depend on the systems and are given by (η,c) = (4/3,62) for fragile liquids, (5/3, 62) for strong liquids, and (0,0) for other glass-forming systems in which the peak heights of their non-Gaussian parameters are always much less than 1.0. It is also shown that all of the data for the diffusion coefficient start to deviate from the master curves at lower temperatures (or higher volume fraction), where the systems become out of equilibrium, leading to a glass state. read less NOT USED (high confidence) I. Saika-Voivod, H. King, P. Tartaglia, F. Sciortino, and E. Zaccarelli, “Silica through the eyes of colloidal models—when glass is a gel,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2011. link Times cited: 11 Abstract: We perform molecular dynamics simulations of ‘floating bond’… read moreAbstract: We perform molecular dynamics simulations of ‘floating bond’ (FB) models of network-forming liquids and compare the structure and dynamics against the BKS model of silica (van Beest et al 1990 Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 1955), with the aim of gaining a better understanding of glassy silica in terms of the variety of non-ergodic states seen in colloids. At low densities, all the models form tetrahedral networks. At higher densities, tailoring the FB model to allow a higher number of bonds does not capture the structure seen in BKS. Upon rescaling the time and length in order to compare mean squared displacements between models, we find that there are significant differences in the temperature dependence of the diffusion coefficient at high density. Additionally, the FB models show a greater range in variability in the behavior of the non-ergodicity parameter and caging length, quantities used to distinguish colloidal gels and glasses. Hence, we find that the glassy behavior of BKS silica can be interpreted as a ‘gel’ at low densities, with only a marginal gel-to-glass crossover at higher densities. read less NOT USED (high confidence) D. Rodney, A. Tanguy, and D. Vandembroucq, “Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length scale and time scale,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 2011. link Times cited: 244 Abstract: We review the recent literature on the simulation of the str… read moreAbstract: We review the recent literature on the simulation of the structure and deformation of amorphous solids, including oxide and metallic glasses. We consider simulations at different length scale and time scale. At the nanometer scale, we review studies based on atomistic simulations, with a particular emphasis on the role of the potential energy landscape and of the temperature. At the micrometer scale, we present the different mesoscopic models of amorphous plasticity and show the relation between shear banding and the type of disorder and correlations (e.g. elastic) included in the models. At the macroscopic range, we review the different constitutive laws used in finite-element simulations. We end with a critical discussion on the opportunities and challenges offered by multiscale modeling and information transfer between scales to study amorphous plasticity. read less NOT USED (high confidence) C. Zhang, Z. Duan, and M. Li, “Interstitial voids in silica melts and implication for argon solubility under high pressures,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2010. link Times cited: 17 NOT USED (high confidence) S. Tyaginov, V. Sverdlov, I. Starkov, W. Gös, and T. Grasser, “Impact of O-Si-O bond angle fluctuations on the Si-O bond-breakage rate,” Microelectron. Reliab. 2009. link Times cited: 2 NOT USED (high confidence) S. Tyaginov, V. Sverdlov, W. Gos, and T. Grasser, “Statistics of Si-O Bond-Breakage Rate Variations Induced by O-Si-O Angle Fluctuations,” 2009 13th International Workshop on Computational Electronics. 2009. link Times cited: 1 Abstract: The McPherson model for the Si-O bond-breakage has been exte… read moreAbstract: The McPherson model for the Si-O bond-breakage has been extended in a manner to capture the effect of O-Si-O angle variations on the breakage rate. Using a distribution function of the O-Si-O bond angle, a series of breakage rate probability densities has been calculated as a function of the applied electric field. Using such a distribution function we have calculated the mean vale and the standard deviation of the breakage rate and compare them to the nominal rate corresponding to the fixed angle of 109.48deg observed in crystalline alpha-quartz. It is shown that the mean value of this rate is substantially higher than and the standard deviation is comparable with the nominal rate. Obtained dependencies demonstrate a linear trend in a log-fin space, thereby validating the thermo-chemical model for the time-dependent-dielectric breakdown also in the case of non-uniform O-Si-O angle distribution typical for amorphous silica. read less NOT USED (high confidence) S. Paramore, L. Cheng, and B. Berne, “A Systematic Comparison of Pairwise and Many-Body Silica Potentials.,” Journal of chemical theory and computation. 2008. link Times cited: 15 Abstract: The role of many-body effects in modeling silica was investi… read moreAbstract: The role of many-body effects in modeling silica was investigated using self-consistent force matching. Both pairwise and polarizable classical force fields were developed systematically from ab initio density functional theory force calculations, allowing for a direct comparison of the role of polarization in silica. It was observed that the pairwise potential performed remarkably well at reproducing the basic silica tetrahedral structure. However, the Si-O-Si angle that links the silica tetrahedra showed small but distinct differences with the polarizable potential, a result of the inability of the pairwise potential to properly account for variations in the polarization of the oxygens. Furthermore, the transferability of the polarizable potential was investigated and suggests that additional forces may be necessary to more completely describe silica annealing. read less NOT USED (high confidence) M. Malshe, R. Narulkar, L. Raff, M. Hagan, S. Bukkapatnam, and R. Komanduri, “Parametrization of analytic interatomic potential functions using neural networks.,” The Journal of chemical physics. 2008. link Times cited: 29 Abstract: A generalized method that permits the parameters of an arbit… read moreAbstract: A generalized method that permits the parameters of an arbitrary empirical potential to be efficiently and accurately fitted to a database is presented. The method permits the values of a subset of the potential parameters to be considered as general functions of the internal coordinates that define the instantaneous configuration of the system. The parameters in this subset are computed by a generalized neural network (NN) with one or more hidden layers and an input vector with at least 3n-6 elements, where n is the number of atoms in the system. The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is employed to efficiently affect the optimization of the weights and biases of the NN as well as all other potential parameters being treated as constants rather than as functions of the input coordinates. In order to effect this minimization, the usual Jacobian employed in NN operations is modified to include the Jacobian of the computed errors with respect to the parameters of the potential function. The total Jacobian employed in each epoch of minimization is the concatenation of two Jacobians, one containing derivatives of the errors with respect to the weights and biases of the network, and the other with respect to the constant parameters of the potential function. The method provides three principal advantages. First, it obviates the problem of selecting the form of the functional dependence of the parameters upon the system's coordinates by employing a NN. If this network contains a sufficient number of neurons, it will automatically find something close to the best functional form. This is the case since Hornik et al., [Neural Networks 2, 359 (1989)] have shown that two-layer NNs with sigmoid transfer functions in the first hidden layer and linear functions in the output layer are universal approximators for analytic functions. Second, the entire fitting procedure is automated so that excellent fits are obtained rapidly with little human effort. Third, the method provides a procedure to avoid local minima in the multidimensional parameter hyperspace. As an illustrative example, the general method has been applied to the specific case of fitting the ab initio energies of Si(5) clusters that are observed in a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of the machining of a silicon workpiece. The energies of the Si(5) configurations obtained in the MD calculations are computed using the B3LYP procedure with a 6-31G(**) basis set. The final ab initio database, which comprises the density functional theory energies of 10 202 Si(5) clusters, is fitted to an empirical Tersoff potential containing nine adjustable parameters, two of which are allowed to be the functions of the Si(5) configuration. The fitting error averaged over all 10 202 points is 0.0148 eV (1.43 kJ mol(-1)). This result is comparable to the accuracy achieved by more general fitting methods that do not rely on an assumed functional form for the potential surface. read less NOT USED (high confidence) J. Horbach, “Molecular dynamics computer simulation of amorphous silica under high pressure,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2008. link Times cited: 42 Abstract: The structural and dynamic properties of silica melts under … read moreAbstract: The structural and dynamic properties of silica melts under high pressure are studied using molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulation. The interactions between the ions are modelled by a pairwise-additive potential, the so-called CHIK potential, that has been recently proposed by Carré et al 2008 Europhys. Lett. 82 17001. The experimental equation of state is well reproduced by the CHIK model. With increasing pressure (density), the structure changes from a tetrahedral network to a network containing a high number of five- and six-fold Si–O coordinations. In the partial static structure factors, this change of the structure with increasing density is reflected by a shift of the first sharp diffraction peak towards higher wavenumbers q, eventually merging with the main peak at densities around 4.2 g cm−3. The self-diffusion constants as a function of pressure show the experimentally known maximum, occurring around a pressure of about 20 GPa. read less NOT USED (high confidence) T. Voigtmann and J. Horbach, “The dynamics of silica melts under high pressure: mode-coupling theory results,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2008. link Times cited: 14 Abstract: The high-pressure dynamics of a computer-modelled silica mel… read moreAbstract: The high-pressure dynamics of a computer-modelled silica melt is studied in the framework of the mode-coupling theory of the glass transition using static structure input from molecular dynamics computer simulation. The theory reproduces the experimentally known viscosity minimum (diffusivity maximum) as a function of density or pressure and explains it in terms of a corresponding minimum in its critical temperature. This minimum arises from a gradual change in the equilibrium static structure which shifts from being dominated by tetrahedral ordering to showing the cageing known from high-density liquids. The theory is in qualitative agreement with computer simulation results. read less NOT USED (high confidence) J. Habasaki, C. León, and K. Ngai, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Silicate Glasses,” Topics in Applied Physics. 2017. link Times cited: 1 NOT USED (high confidence) J. Habasaki, C. León, and K. Ngai, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Topics in Applied Physics. 2017. link Times cited: 1
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