Theoretical Insights into Non-Arrhenius Behaviors of Thermal Vacancies in Anharmonic Crystals

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العنوان: Theoretical Insights into Non-Arrhenius Behaviors of Thermal Vacancies in Anharmonic Crystals
المؤلفون: Cuong, Tran Dinh, Phan, Anh D.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: Vacancies are prevalent point defects in crystals, but their thermal responses are elusive. Herein, we formulate a simple theoretical model to shed light on the vacancy evolution during heating. Vibrational excitations are thoroughly investigated via moment recurrence techniques in quantum statistical mechanics. On that basis, we carry out numerical analyses for Ag, Cu, and Ni with the Sutton-Chen many-body potential. Our results reveal that the well-known Arrhenius law is insufficient to describe the proliferation of vacancies. Specifically, anharmonic effects lead to a strong nonlinearity in the Gibbs energy of vacancy formation. Our physical picture is well supported by previous simulations and experiments.
Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2022
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00116K
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.02158
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2202.02158
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv