Network Glass Structure: A Neutron Scattering Study

An account is given of recent neutron diffraction and inelastic scattering studies of a number of different network glass-forming systems, using a combination of steady-state reactor and pulsed neutron sources. Both oxide and chalcogenide systems have been investigated and the interrelationship between their various network structures are discussed. The samples studied by diffraction include single component glasses and binary systems, consisting of a network modifier plus a network former , and the data have been extended to high values of the scattering vector, Q, to achieve high real space resolution. For a copy of the article please email: a.c.wright@rdg.ac.uk