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KDP相变中的同位素效应:从头算路径积分模拟的新发现

The isotope-effect in the phase transition of KDP: New insights from ab initio path-integral simulations

Varadharajan Srinivasan, Roberto Car, Daniel Sebastiani

摘要:

研究了顺电相磷酸二氢钾(KDP)晶体中质子化和氘代同位素在对称低垒氢键中的量子力学定域。这些氢原子的空间密度分布被怀疑是负责的铁电相变在KDP中观察到的令人惊讶的大同位素效应。我们采用从头算路径积分分子动力学模拟计算了质子和氘的核实空间和动量空间密度n(R)和n(k),并与中子康普顿散射实验数据进行了比较。我们的研究结果表明,在KDP的顺电相的性质的两种同位素之间的质的差异。我们能够区分真正的量子离域和振动辅助跳跃,从而提供了两种不同的机制,在这类材料的铁电相变的证据。

英文摘要:

We investigate the quantum-mechanical localization of protonated and deterated isotopes in the symmetric low-barrier hydrogen-bonds of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals in the paraelectric phase. The spatial density distributions of these hydrogen atoms are suspected to be responsible for the surprisingly large isotope effect observed for the ferroelectric phase transition in KDP. We employ ab initio path integral molecular dynamics simulations to obtain the nuclear real-space and momentum-space densities n(R) and n(k) of protons and deuterons, which are compared to experimental Neutron Compton Scattering data. Our results suggest a qualitative difference in the nature of the paraelectic phase in KDP between the two isotopes. We are able to discriminate between real quantum delocalization and vibration-assisted hopping and thus provide evidence for two distinct mechanisms of the ferroelectric phase transition in this class of materials.

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