Abstract
An effective potential containing two- and three-body terms for silica-water interactions is proposed, with the oxygen-oxygen interaction treated identically in both water and vitreous silica. The structure of water, H2O dimers, H2O trimers and H4SiO4-H2O as obtained by molecular dynamics simulations are in fair agreement with X-ray diffraction on water and ab initio calculations on molecules. Simulations of monomeric silicic acid sols provide a microscopic description of water producing oligomerization including details of the intermediate activation complexes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 264-270 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
Volume | 170 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 6 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry