BM12017/10.26125/h6ap-hj38

Looking into the structure of glass by designing a new 2D material

Author(s): K. M. Burson, M. Heyde and H.-J. Freund

Publication: Bunsenmagazin, Issue 1 2017, Aspekte, Seiten: 4 - 12

Publisher: Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie e.V., Frankfurt

Language: English

DOI: 10.26125/h6ap-hj38

 

Introduction

Silica is one of earth’s most abundant minerals, accounting for approximately 60% of all oxides in the earth’s crust by weight. Silicate glasses are the most important materials for the glass industry[1] and polymorphs of silica are used widely in applications ranging from supports for catalysis to microelectronics to optical fibers to flow agents in powdered foods. As a result of silica’s physical, chemical, and geochemical importance, it has been extensively studied; in fact, structural studies of silica glass have been actively pursued for more than eighty years. [2] Experimental efforts have been dominated by X-ray and neutron diffraction studies, while theoretical investigations have primarily employed molecular dynamics simulations and Monte Carlo techniques. More recent experimental efforts have utilized scanning probe microscopy. Due to the complexity of the glass structure, and to commercial demands for specially tailored glassy materials,[1] many questions remain open concerning the atomic structure of amorphous silica and the nature of the glass transition. Recent studies on two-dimensional model silica systems provide detailed structural characterizations of silica that directly address some of these questions.

Two-dimensional materials have captured the scientific imagination as 2D materials often lead to new and unexpected materials properties that are distinct from their bulk counterparts. In many cases the bulk properties of the parent materials are well established and inform an understanding of the unique properties of the 2D material. Although 2D amorphous silica might reveal new properties in comparison to bulk materials, given that many unknowns exist surrounding the structure of bulk glass, it is worth comparing its structure to bulk structural studies in order to gain insights into the nature of bulk glass materials. Instead of using bulk properties to understand the nanoscale, we can use this nanomaterial to understand bulk properties of glass. Here we briefly review key historical developments in understanding the structure of silica glass and review recent results from atomicresolution structural studies of two-dimensional silica glass. Results from two-dimensional model glasses are discussed in comparison with studies of bulk silica, highlighting the key advantages (and limitations) of using lower-dimensional model systems as a tool for understanding their bulk counterparts.

 

Cite this: K. M. Burson, M. Heyde, H.-J. Freund (2017): Looking into the structure of glass by designing a new 2D material. Bunsenmagazin 2017, 1: 4-12. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie e.V. DOI: 10.26125/h6ap-hj38

 

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