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Configurational entropy of network-forming materials

R L C Vink1, G T Barkema

  • 1Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4, the Netherlands. vink@phys.uu.nl

Physical Review Letters
|August 23, 2002
PubMed
Summary

We developed a fast computational method to calculate configurational entropy for network-forming materials using only one atomic configuration. This approach simplifies entropy calculations for amorphous silicon and vitreous silica.

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