Pressure dependence of the structural properties of α-quartz near the amorphous transition
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 44 (2) , 489-497
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.44.489
Abstract
Silicon dioxide exists in a number of structures. The lowest-energy structure is that of α-quartz. We predict the structural properties of α-quartz as a function of pressure via total-energy calculations. The calculations are based on recently developed pseudopotentials constructed within the local-density approximation. In addition, we examine the structural properties of α-quartz near an order-disorder transition. Quartz undergoes a gradual transition with pressure from a crystalline to an amorphous state. The driving mechanism for this pressure-induced transition is not well understood. We suggest that highly unfavorable interpolyhedral oxygen-oxygen distances, which occur in α-quartz at the transition pressure, play a key role in driving the transition.Keywords
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