A reverse Monte Carlo study of a zinc–europium phosphate glass
Abstract
A combination of seven independent experimental functions obtained by Eu(PO3)3–0.9
Zn(PO3)2 composition. The final model shows that the phosphate chains essentially retain the structure they have in pure zinc metaphosphate, while zinc and europium ions are set among the chains, so enveloped that oxygens from the PO4 groups create coordination cages. The