Elementary mechanisms governing the dynamics of silica

Details Elementary mechanisms governing the dynamics of silica Elementary mechanisms governing the dynamics of silica

1999-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9901106v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.480621

A full understanding of glasses requires an accurate atomistic picture of the complex activated processes that constitute the low-temperature dynamics of these materials. To this end, we generate over five thousand activated events in silica glass, using the activation-relaxation technique; these atomistic mechanisms are analysed and classified according to their activation energies, their topological properties and their spatial extend. We find that these are collective processes, involving ten to hundreds of atoms with a continuous range of activation energies; that diffusion and relaxation occurs through the creation, annihilation and motion of single dangling bonds; and that silicon and oxygen have essentially the same diffusivity.

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