Interatomic potentials for oxide glasses: Past, present, and future

Abstract

The continuous development and improvement of interatomic potential models for oxide glasses have made classical molecular dynamics a powerful computational technique routinely used for studying the structure and properties of such materials on a par with the more advanced experimental techniques.In this brief review, we retrace the development of the most used interatomic potential models from the earliest MD simulations up to now with a look at the possible future developments in this field due to the advent of the machine learning era and data-driven methods.

Keywords

• Molecular dynamics simulations
• Interatomic potentials
• Oxide glasses
• Structure
• Properties