Tao Du Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Tao Du coauthored an atomistic study of passivation in hydrated silicate glasses. The work examines how restructuring of an alteration layer affects transport and continued glass dissolution.
This connects a changing atomic network with a macroscopic corrosion rate: a surface layer is chemically active and evolving, rather than simply an inert barrier of fixed thickness.[ref]
Atomistic origin of the passivation effect in hydrated silicate glasses by Tao Du and others. Research topic and author attribution in the primary publication