Dynamic structural disorder in cristobalite: neutron total scattering measurement and reverse Monte Carlo modelling

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 403-423

  Ticker, Matthew G ^a   Squires, Matthew P ^a   Dove, Martin T ^a   Keen, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICA;

CRISTOBALITE; DEGREE OF DISORDER; DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL DISORDER; QUANTUM MECHANICAL CALCULATION; RIGID UNIT MODE MODEL;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 0035114951     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/13/3/304     Document Type: Article

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