The origin of the compressibility anomaly in amorphous silica: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2007, Pages

  Walker, Andrew M ^a   Sullivan, Lucy A ^a   Trachenko, Kostya ^a   Bruin, Richard P ^a   White, Toby O H ^a   Dove, Martin T ^a   Tyer, Richard P ^b   Todorov, Ilian T ^b   Wells, Stephen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RIGIDITY;

AMORPHOUS SILICA; ANOMALOUS COMPRESSIBILITY; PLAUSIBILITY;

SILICA;

EID: 34547360679     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/27/275210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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