High-pressure crystal structures are reported for two synthetic wadsleyite: crystals, beta-Mg2SiO4 (Fe00) and beta-(Mg0.75Fe0.25)(2)SiO4 (Fe25), at six pressures to 10.12 GPa. In both compositions, ...

For bridging between the building block and the bulk, we consider the assembly of highly stable (SiO2)8 “magic” clusters into inorganic framework materials. Our cluster building blocks are predicted ...

Later Jin et al. applied this surfactant model together with a silicate tetrahedral model to study the self-assembly of MCM-41 formation, taking into account the silica condensation. A two-step ...

The silica tetrahedra can link together in various ways – from isolated structures to complex frameworks. This variability leads to a wide range of silicate minerals, each with unique properties ...

Silicate minerals comprise more than 90% of the Earth’s crust. Their abundance is due to the widespread availability of silicon and oxygen, the two most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust.

Microsoft’s Silica team is working with a venture group called Elire to harness the power of glass storage for the group’s Global Music Vault, located in Svalbard, Norway.

The silica tetrahedron, consisting of four oxygen atoms arranged around a central silicon atom, is the basic structural unit of silicate minerals, which form approximately 90% of the earth’s crust. By ...

Based in Sligo, Silicate has found a novel way to sequester carbon using returned concrete. It is now building on that idea. The time is ripe for setting up a carbon removal business in Europe.

To gain a better understanding of the tortuosity effect, two differently shaped silicate nanoparticles were selected: a stick-shaped Halloysite (Hal), and a platelet-shaped MMT. MMT is a 2:1 type, ...

Even worse, you can’t be sure any six angles can even be the dihedral angles of a tetrahedron. Consider five right angles and an acute angle. The sum of these six angles is between 450 and 540 degrees ...