Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2006-09-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
40 pages, 152 references, topical review in press in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
Germanium dioxide ($GeO_2$) is a chemical analogue of $SiO_2$. Furthermore, it is also to some extent a structural analogue, as the low and high-pressure short-range order (tetrahedral and octahedral) is the same. However, a number of differences exist. For example, the $GeO_2$ phase diagram exhibits a smaller number of polymorphs, and all three $GeO_2$ phases (crystalline, glass, liquid) have an increased sensitivity to pressure, undergoing pressure induced changes at much lower pressures than their equivalent $SiO_2$ analogues. In addition, differences exist in $GeO_2$ glass in the medium range order, resulting in the glass transition temperature of germania being much lower than for silica. This review highlights the structure of amorphous $GeO_2$ by different experimental (e.g., Raman and NMR spectroscopy, neutron and x-ray diffraction) and theoretical methods (e.g., classical molecular dynamics, ab initio calculations). It also addresses the structure of liquid and crystalline $GeO_2$ that have received much less attention. Furthermore, we compare and contrast the structural differences between $GeO_2$ and $SiO_2$, as well as, along the $GeO_2-SiO_2$ join. It is probably a very timely review as interest in this compound, that can be investigated in the liquid state at relatively low temperatures and pressures, continues to increase.
Cormier Laurent
Henderson Grant S.
Micoulaut Matthieu
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