Combinatorics and Arithmetic for Physics : Special Days

Collection Combinatorics and Arithmetic for Physics : Special Days

Organizer(s) Gérard H. E. Duchamp, Maxim Kontsevich, Gleb Koshevoy, Sergei Nechaev, and Karol A. Penson
Date(s) 28/11/2022 - 29/11/2022
linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/8730/
00:00:00 / 00:00:00
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Geometry and physics of covalent network glasses

By Richard Kerner

Glasses are characterized by the absence of long-range order which defines crystalline materials. However, they possess a rich and varied array of short to medium range order, which originates from chemical bonding and related interactions. whereas covalent systems (mostly chalcogenides like As-Se, Ge-As- Se systems) or oxides (borate, boro-silicate and silicate glasses), have sparsely packed, strongly bound network structures, like tetrahedral SiO2 units or B3O3 boroxol rings. These very different structures results in different physical proper- ties and applications. We present a simple mathematical model of glass transition based on the anal- ysis of molecular agglomeration in overcooled liquids. The model uses the space of probabilities of appearance of given local structures, and their slow time evo- lution during annealing from a liquid melt. The evolution of probabilities is de- scribed as action of an appropriate stochactis matrix. The glass transition is de- fined as a fixed point resulting from the requirement of maximal homogeneity. With simple assumptions concerning local configurations and their bonding en- ergies, and with elementary combinatorics we are able to derive the dependence of the glass transition temperature Tg on chemical composition in non-organic covalent glasses. Numerous examples are shown to confirm the validity of the stochastic agglomeration model.

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  • Date of recording 28/11/2022
  • Date of publication 30/11/2022
  • Institution IHES
  • Language English
  • Audience Researchers
  • Format MP4

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