abstract: The structure of glass has been the subject of many studies, however some
details remained to be resolved. With the advancement of microscopic
imaging techniques and the successful synthesis of two-dimensional materials,
images of two-dimensional glasses (bilayers of silica) are now available,
confirming that this glass structure closely follows the continuous random
network model. These images provide complete in-plane structural information
such as ring correlations, and intermediate range order and with computer
refinement contain indirect information such as angular distributions, and
tilting.
This dissertation reports the first work that integrates the actual atomic
coordinates obtained from such images with structural refinement to enhance
the extracted information from the experimental data.
The correlations in the ring structure of silica bilayers are studied
and it is shown that short-range and intermediate-range order exist in such networks.
Special boundary conditions for finite experimental samples are designed so atoms
in the bulk sense they are part of an infinite network.
It is shown that bilayers consist of two identical layers separated by a
symmetry plane and the tilted tetrahedra, two examples of
added value through the structural refinement.
Finally, the low-temperature properties of glasses in two dimensions
are studied. This dissertation presents a new approach to find possible
two-level systems in silica bilayers employing the tools of rigidity theory
in isostatic systems. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Physics 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:50599 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Contributors | Sadjadi, Seyed Mahdi (Author), Thorpe, Michael F (Advisor), Beckstein, Oliver (Committee member), Schmidt, Kevin E (Committee member), Treacy, Michael MJ (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Format | 172 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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