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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Disordered Materials: From Network Glasses to Phase-Change Memory Alloys

By Carlo Massobrio , Jincheng Du , Marco Bernasconi , Philip S. Salmon (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-319-15674-3, 978-3-319-15675-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-15675-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28227972 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Materials Science 215
Edition
1
Pages
529\540
Topic
Chemistry
Time added
2015-07-18 18:00:00
CompositesGlassNatural Methods; Solid State PhysicsStructural Materials; Numerical and Computational

Description

This book is a unique reference work in the area of atomic-scale simulation of glasses. For the first time, a highly selected panel of about 20 researchers provides, in a single book, their views, methodologies and applications on the use of molecular dynamics as a tool to describe glassy materials. The book covers a wide range of systems covering "traditional" network glasses, such as chalcogenides and oxides, as well as glasses for applications in the area of phase change materials. The novelty of this work is the interplay between molecular dynamics methods (both at the classical and first-principles level) and the structure of materials for which, quite often, direct experimental structural information is rather scarce or absent. The book features specific examples of how quite subtle features of the structure of glasses can be unraveled by relying on the predictive power of molecular dynamics, used in connection with a realistic description of forces.

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