Electronically Driven 1D Cooperative Diffusion in a Simple Cubic Crystal
Yong Wang, Junjie Wang, Andreas Hermann, Cong Liu, Hao Gao, Erio Tosatti, Hui‐Tian Wang, Dingyu Xing, Jian Sun
Abstract
Simulations show that thanks to a clear electronic mechanism, even the simplest crystal structure---the simple cubic phase of calcium---exhibits ``chain melting,'' in which 1D chains of atoms within a solid begin to move in concert as temperature increases.
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Cubic crystal systemSimple (philosophy)DiffusionCrystal (programming language)Materials sciencePhase (matter)Chemical physicsCondensed matter physicsCrystal structureStatistical physicsCrystallographyPhysicsThermodynamicsComputer scienceChemistryQuantum mechanicsEpistemologyProgramming languagePhilosophySpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesNanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures