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In this work, we first establish an onset of superionic conduction that is emblematic of a gradual disordering process among the Li ions at a characteristic temperature T\u03b1 (~1000 K) using reported neutron diffraction data and atomistic simulations. In the superionic state, the Li ions are observed to portray dynamic disorder by hopping between the tetrahedral lattice sites. We then show that string-like ionic diffusion pathways are established among the Li ions in the superionic state. The diffusivity of these dynamical string-like structures, which have a finite lifetime, shows a remarkable correlation to the bulk diffusivity of the system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e19050227","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,23]],"date-time":"2017-05-23T01:47:33Z","timestamp":1495504053000},"page":"227","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Ion Hopping and Constrained Li Diffusion Pathways in the Superionic State of Antifluorite Li2O"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Ajay","family":"Annamareddy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacob","family":"Eapen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Stacey, W.M. 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