Generating structural distributions of atomistic models of Li2O nanoparticles using simulated crystallisation

Simulated crystallisation has been used to predict that Li2O nanoparticles comprise octahedral morphologies bounded by {111} and truncated by {100} with inverse fluorite crystal structure. We observe that by changing the temperature of the (simulated) crystallisation, changes in the microstructure can be realised, such a strategy facilitates the generation of full atomistic models with microstructural distributions similar to the structural diversity observed synthetically. © 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry.