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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298628403321

Titolo

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Disordered Materials : From Network Glasses to Phase-Change Memory Alloys / / edited by Carlo Massobrio, Jincheng Du, Marco Bernasconi, Philip S. Salmon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-15675-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (540 p.)

Collana

Springer Series in Materials Science, , 0933-033X ; ; 215

Disciplina

519

530.1

530.41

620.11

620.14

Soggetti

Structural materials

Physics

Mathematical physics

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Ceramics

Glass

Composites (Materials)

Composite materials

Solid state physics

Structural Materials

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences

Mathematical and Computational Engineering

Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials

Solid State Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: The atomic structure of network forming glass systems -- First-principles molecular dynamics methods applied to glasses -- Computational Modeling of Glasses: A QSPR perspective -- Novel methods for modeling network glasses modeling of silicate liquids -- The numerical challenge of sampling the energy landscape and the long-time dynamics of amorphous networks -- Topology and rigidity in connection to the understanding of the atomic structure of glasses -- Network modeling in variable dimensions.

Sommario/riassunto

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.