Bulk Silica

30 minute read

Summary

Amorphous silica (SiO₂) is found in a variety of places, and is a relatively simple, network forming glass. Here we’ll set up a bulk silica simulation in a unit cell of our own design, and which can serve as the basis for other tutorials.

Preparation

Download the example data as a zip or tar.gz and unpack it if you haven’t done so already.

Open the Dissolve GUI

Choose Empty Simulation from the Create section

Save As…

Save your own input file under a sensible name in the silica_bulk directory of the example data

Alternatively, download the data files listed below and save them to a location of your choice.

• Neutron data file: SiO2_NIMROD.mint01