QSpecies (Module)

Calculate the number of bridging oxygen sites bonded to a network former.

Overview

The QSpecies module calculates the Qn distribution of a site, where n is the number of bridging oxygen sites within the distance range specified. It also calculates the frequency of bridging, non-bridging and free oxygen sites.

Representation of Qn species.

Options

Targets

Keyword Arguments Default Description
Configuration Configuration

Required

Specifies the configuration on which to operate.

Sites

Keyword Arguments Default Description
BondingOxygen Site ... Set the site(s) ‘BO’ which are to represent the bonding oxygen.
NetworkFormer Site ... Set the site(s) ‘NF’ for which the distribution around the origin sites ‘SiteA’ should be calculated.

Ranges

Keyword Arguments Default Description
DistanceRange double
double
double
0.0
2.5
0.05
Distance range (min, max) over which to calculate Q-species from central site.

Export

Keyword Arguments Default Description
Export Data1DFileAndFormat File format and file name under which to save calculated Q-species data.