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The Structure and Dynamics of Sodium Disilicate

Jurgen Horbach, Walter Kob

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/9904066

Abstract

We investigate the structure and dynamics of sodium disilicate by means of molecular dynamics computer simulation. We show that the structure is described by a partially destroyed tetrahedral SiO4 network and a spherical super structure formed by the silicon and sodium atoms. The static structure factor of our simulation is in very good agreement with one from a neutron scattering experiment. For 1008 particles we find strong finite size effects in the dynamics which are due to the missing of modes contributing to the boson peak.

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