Ab initiocalculation of the structure of molecular water in quartz
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine Letters
- Vol. 66 (2) , 61-66
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09500839208214687
Abstract
Local-density-functional theory is used to determine the structure of molecular water along the c channel in α-quartz. We use a 105-atom cluster terminated by H atoms and find that water has a large effect on the silicate lattice. In particular it flips a Si─O─Si unit, which normally points inwards towards the centre of the c channel, outwards with the 0 atom of water exposed to the two Si atoms. The water molecule is bound with polarization forces between it and the deformed network.Keywords
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