Two-dimensional ultrathin silica films

JQ Zhong, HJ Freund - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin silica films have the potential to reach technological
importance in electronics and catalysis. Several well-defined 2D-silica structures have been …

Oxide glasses under pressure: Recent insights from experiments and simulations

T Du, SS Sørensen, T To, MM Smedskjaer - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Deciphering the structure-property relations of densified oxide glasses is a problem of
longstanding interest. For example, it is important for understanding the fracture mechanism …

Microscopic mechanisms of pressure-induced amorphous-amorphous transitions and crystallisation in silicon

Z Fan, H Tanaka - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Some low-coordination materials, including water, silica, and silicon, exhibit polyamorphism,
having multiple amorphous forms. However, the microscopic mechanism and kinetic …

Atomic-molecular perspectives on local high-temperature structure and transport properties of CaCO3-foamed glass

Z Chen, Y Wei, Y Huang, W Ji, M Yio… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Significant gaps remain in understanding of gas-melt interfaces in foamed glass systems.
We attempt to address these gaps by reporting on the transition of local structure, ionic …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the nature of glass by the hyperquenching-annealing-calorimetry approach

Y Yue - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X, 2022 - Elsevier
C. Austen Angell has been a great inspiration for liquid and glass scientists including myself.
He was a close collaborator of mine on glass dynamics and thermodynamics, particularly on …

Unsupervised machine learning study on structural signature of glass transition in metallic glass-forming liquids

JQ Wu, HP Zhang, YF He, MZ Li - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
As a liquid is quenched into glassy state, characterizing the glassy order responsible for
glass transition in disordered liquid structures is a longstanding challenge. Here, an …

The atomic structure and mechanical properties of ZIF-4 under high pressure: ab Initio calculations

Z Shi, K Weng, N Li - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effects of pressure on the structural and electronic properties and the ionic configuration
of ZIF-4 were investigated through the first-principles method based on the density functional …

Deciphering the controlling factors for phase transitions in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

T Du, S Li, S Ganisetti, M Bauchy, Y Yue… - National Science …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) feature complex phase transitions, including
polymorphism, melting, vitrification, and polyamorphism. Experimentally probing their …

Unveiling the amorphization of sodalite topology zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and zeolites by pressure and stress

N Li, Z Shi, S Zhai, N Zhou, P Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a flexible porous material, the amorphous behavior of zeolitic imidazolate framework‐8
(ZIF‐8) has garnered considerable interest. However, the association between its strain …

Reversible densification and cooperative atomic movement induced “compaction” in vitreous silica: a new sight from deep neural network interatomic potentials

Y Qi, X Guo, H Wang, S Zhang, M Li, P Zhou… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Vitreous silica (v-silica) is a challenging material to characterize due to its disordered
structure and thermal-history-dependent properties, which are not fully captured by classical …