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Crystal structure transformations in SiO2 from classical and ab initio metadynamics.

Roman Martonák1, Davide Donadio, Artem R Oganov

  • 1Computational Science, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, USI Campus, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland. martonak@phys.chem.ethz.ch

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|July 18, 2006
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Researchers improved molecular dynamics simulations to reveal silica

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Geophysics
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Silica, a primary Earth crust component, has a complex phase diagram.
  • Metastability and kinetic barriers complicate silica's structural transformations.
  • Previous simulations struggled to match experimental observations of silica's phase transitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance molecular dynamics simulations for studying silica's phase transitions.
  • To elucidate the pressure-induced transformation mechanisms of silica phases.
  • To predict new high-pressure silica phases.

Main Methods:

  • Substantial improvement of the metadynamics method for molecular dynamics simulations.
  • Simulations conducted at room temperature under varying pressure conditions.

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  • Analysis of structural transformations from fourfold- to sixfold-coordinated silica.

    • Main Results:

    • Simulations now closely agree with experimental data for silica.
    • The stepwise mechanism of alpha-quartz to stishovite transformation was unveiled.
    • The transformation of coesite to the alpha-PbO2-type phase was predicted.

    Conclusions:

    • The improved metadynamics method enables efficient simulation of complex structural phase transitions.
    • New insights into silica's pressure-induced transformations are provided.
    • This work facilitates the design of experimental protocols for controlling silica's phase transitions.