%0 Journal Article %J Nature %D 1992 %T Quantification of the Disorder in Network-Modified Silicate-Glasses %A Farnan, I. %A Grandinetti, P. J. %A Baltisberger, J. H. %A Stebbins, J. F. %A Werner, U. %A Eastman, M. A. %A Pines, A. %K time %X

Local order in silicate glasses has been observed by many experimental techniques to be similar to that in crystalline materials. Details of the intermediate-range order are more elusive, but essential for understanding the lack of long-range symmetry in glasses and the effect of composition on glass structure. Two-dimensional O-17 dynamic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance experiments reveal intermediate-range order in the distribution of inter-tetrahedral (Si-O-Si) bond angles and a high degree of order in the disposition of oxygen atoms around the network-modifying cations.

%B Nature %V 358 %P 31-35 %8 Jul 2 %@ 0028-0836 %G English %U ://WOS:A1992JB34100043 %N 6381 %M WOS:A1992JB34100043 %! Quantification of the Disorder in Network-Modified Silicate-Glasses %R Doi 10.1038/358031a0