Structure of Silicon Dioxide (IMAGE)

Gauss Centre for Supercomputing

Structure of Silicon Dioxide

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Using JSC's JUQUEEN supercomputer, University of Cologne researchers were able to simulate the structure of silicon dioxide at a variety of different pressures. The image shows how the the shape and structure of the atoms change as pressure increases.

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Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V.B., Stefanski, J., Jahn, S., Skinner, L.B., Wang, Y.

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