Topological Principles of Borosilicate Glass Chemistry

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• 作者：Morten M. Smedskjaer ; John C. Mauro ; Randall E. Youngman ; Carrie L. Hogue ; Marcel Potuzak ; Yuanzheng Yue
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：November 10, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：115
• 期：44
• 页码：12930-12946
• 全文大小：1417K
• 年卷期：v.115,no.44(November 10, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5207

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Borosilicate glasses display a rich complexity of chemical behavior depending on the details of their composition and thermal history. Noted for their high chemical durability and thermal shock resistance, borosilicate glasses have found a variety of important uses from common household and laboratory glassware to high-tech applications such as liquid crystal displays. In this paper, we investigate the topological principles of borosilicate glass chemistry covering the extremes from pure borate to pure silicate end members. Based on NMR measurements, we present a two-state statistical mechanical model of boron speciation in which addition of network modifiers leads to a competition between the formation of nonbridging oxygen and the conversion of boron from trigonal to tetrahedral configuration. Using this model, we derive a detailed topological representation of alkali鈥揳lkaline earth鈥揵orosilicate glasses that enables the accurate prediction of properties such as glass transition temperature, liquid fragility, and hardness. The modeling approach enables an understanding of the microscopic mechanisms governing macroscopic properties. The implications of the glass topology are discussed in terms of both the temperature and thermal history dependence of the atomic bond constraints and the influence on relaxation behavior. We also observe a nonlinear evolution of the jump in isobaric heat capacity at the glass transition when substituting SiO₂ for B₂O₃, which can be accurately predicted using a combined topological and thermodynamic modeling approach.