The structure of glasses and the melts from which they are formed is intrinsically disordered,
making their structural characterization difficult. Whilst the structure of solid minerals can be …

We investigated the structure of SiO2 glass up to 172 GPa using high-energy X-ray
diffraction. The combination of a multichannel collimator with diamond anvil cells enabled …

We discuss the geophysical implications of recent first principles molecular dynamics
simulations of MgSiO3 liquid, in particular the findings that the Grüneisen parameter …

The use of machine learning to develop neural network potentials (NNP) representing the
interatomic potential energy surface allows us to achieve an optimal balance between …

Silicate liquids play a key part at all stages of deep Earth evolution, ranging from core and
crust formation billions of years ago to present-day volcanic activity. Quantitative models of …

The last twenty-five years have seen a tremendous increase in computing power. It is
therefore not surprising that computer simulations of melts and glasses have become an …

Adequate equation of state (EOS) data is of high interest in the growing field of high energy
density physics and especially essential for hydrodynamic simulation codes. The semi …

Noble gas isotopes in plumes require a source of primitive volatiles largely isolated in the
Earth for 4.5 Gyrs. Among the proposed reservoirs, the core is gaining interest in the …

Amorphous–amorphous transformations under pressure are generally explained by
changes in the local structure from low-to higher-fold coordinated polyhedra,,–. However, as …

The origin and stability of deep-mantle melts, and the magmatic processes at different times
of Earth's history are controlled by the physical properties of constituent silicate liquids. Here …