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Reverse Monte Carlo Refinement of Disordered Silica Phases

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Local Structure from Diffraction

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This chapter has described in detail the techniques of RMC modelling and refinement. Results from glassy silica and the disordered crystalline β-phase of cristobalite have been presented. These results show that with careful application of RMC methods, good representative structures of both locally ordered glasses and locally disordered crystals can be obtained. These methods are completely general and can be applied successfully to a wide range of systems which show structural disorder, with careful consideration to the form of constraints and the construction of appropriate starting models.

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Keen, D.A. (2002). Reverse Monte Carlo Refinement of Disordered Silica Phases. In: Billinge, S.J.L., Thorpe, M.F. (eds) Local Structure from Diffraction. Fundamental Materials Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47077-2_6

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