中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (11): 116802-116802.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/11/116802

• CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Simple statistical model for predicting thermal atom diffusion on crystal surfaces

于卫锋, 林正喆, 宁西京   

  1. Institute of Modern Physics, Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-04-26 修回日期:2013-06-17 出版日期:2013-09-28 发布日期:2013-09-28
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51071048).

Simple statistical model for predicting thermal atom diffusion on crystal surfaces

Yu Wei-Feng (于卫锋), Lin Zheng-Zhe (林正喆), Ning Xi-Jing (宁西京)   

  1. Institute of Modern Physics, Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2013-04-26 Revised:2013-06-17 Online:2013-09-28 Published:2013-09-28
  • Contact: Ning Xi-Jing E-mail:xjning@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51071048).

摘要: A simple model based on the statistics of single atoms is developed to predict the diffusion rate of thermal atoms in (or on) bulk materials without empirical parameters. Compared with vast classical molecular-dynamics simulations for predicting the self-diffusion rate of Pt, Cu, and Ar adatoms on crystal surfaces, the model is proved to be much more accurate than the Arrhenius law and the transition state theory. Applying this model, the theoretical predictions agree well with the experimental values in the presented paper about the self-diffusion of Pt (Cu) adatoms on the surfaces.

关键词: adatoms diffusion, Arrhenius law, transition state theory, molecular dynamics simulations

Abstract: A simple model based on the statistics of single atoms is developed to predict the diffusion rate of thermal atoms in (or on) bulk materials without empirical parameters. Compared with vast classical molecular-dynamics simulations for predicting the self-diffusion rate of Pt, Cu, and Ar adatoms on crystal surfaces, the model is proved to be much more accurate than the Arrhenius law and the transition state theory. Applying this model, the theoretical predictions agree well with the experimental values in the presented paper about the self-diffusion of Pt (Cu) adatoms on the surfaces.

Key words: adatoms diffusion, Arrhenius law, transition state theory, molecular dynamics simulations

中图分类号:  (Diffusion; interface formation)

  • 68.35.Fx
82.20.Db (Transition state theory and statistical theories of rate constants) 71.15.Pd (Molecular dynamics calculations (Car-Parrinello) and other numerical simulations)