Long-range order

SiO₂ with 14 Å α-quartz grains: each grain is now large enough to hold several shells of intact SiO₄ tetrahedra, so crystalline patches cover most of the cell. The remaining disorder sits at the grain boundaries where rotated tiles meet.

Parameters

cell.generate(
    shell_target,
    num_steps=250,
    grain_size=20.0,
    bond_weight=1.7,
    angle_weight=1.4,
    repulsion_weight=1.3,
    hard_core_scale=0.82,
    nonbond_push_scale=0.72,
    displacement_sigma=0.01,
)

Relaxation trajectory

g3 distribution