Periodic potential field

Anderson localization is the localization of electrons on low-dimensional materials, which is induced by the irregularity of the periodic potential field [43]. Figure 17 gives a schematic representation of Anderson localization of a particle in one-dimensional box. The same is true for an electron on a polymer skeleton. A localized state in a completely periodic... 

We can now consider the effect of a periodic potential field on the electrons. The relation of waves in a constant potential field to waves in a periodic field is very much like that between the vibrations of a continuous medium, treated in Chap. XIV, and vibrations of a weighted medium or periodic set of mass points, discussed in Chap. XV. The calculation which we made there of v the square of the frequency, is similar to that which is made here of the energy of the electron. Thus, there, for the continuous medium, we had Eq. (2.18), Chap. XIV, giving... 

Loose association with the surface with free exchange with the gas phase. Even for crystalline materials, the periodic potential fields cannot be very great or else the... 

The conception of an electron gas explains certain major properties of metals. The application to this gas of the Fermi-Dirac statistics removes some grave difficulties, but for a fuller understanding the energies of electrons in a periodic potential field must be studied. This problem is one which the application of the wave equation is adapted to solve. 

Now let a periodic potential field be introduced, such as would exist in the presence of positive ions placed at uniform distances in a space lattice. The wave equation now becomes... 

The lattice of metal ions creates a periodic potential field. The potential energy of the electron as a function of the position V(x) (the discussion is again restricted to one dimension) is periodic with respect to the atomic distances (lattice constant a). 

The Schrodinger equation for the electron must now be solved in a periodic potential field. The result is that the eigen-functions of the Schrodinger equation for the electron in a periodic potential have the form... 

Figure 4. A one-dimensional model for a surface state, modified from Zangwill (1988). Black dots represent the lattice of atoms in a crystal, forming the periodic potential field for constituent electrons. Electronic states are perfectly oscillating over this field for an infinite crystal as indicated by the finely dashed wave. Where the lattice is terminated at a surface, new electronic wave functions are formed which are distinctly different from those in the bulk, represented by the coarsely dashed wave. These are localized in the region of the surface, decaying both into the bulk and outward from the surface.

The tenn represents an externally applied potential field or the effects of the container walls it is usually dropped for fiilly periodic simulations of bulk systems. Also, it is usual to neglect v - and higher tenns (which m reality might be of order 10% of the total energy in condensed phases) and concentrate on For brevity henceforth we will just call this v(r). There is an extensive literature on the way these potentials are detennined experimentally, or modelled... 

While the smooth substrate considered in the preceding section is sufficiently reahstic for many applications, the crystallographic structure of the substrate needs to be taken into account for more realistic models. The essential complications due to lack of transverse symmetry can be dehneated by the following two-dimensional structured-wall model an ideal gas confined in a periodic square-well potential field (see Fig. 3). The two-dimensional lamella remains rectangular with variable dimensions Sy. and Sy and is therefore not subject to shear stresses. The boundaries of the lamella coinciding with the x and y axes are anchored. From Eqs. (2) and (10) one has... 

Another special case of weak heterogeneity is found in the systems with stepped surfaces [97,142-145], shown schematically in Fig. 3. Assuming that each terrace has the lattice structure of the exposed crystal plane, the potential field experienced by the adsorbate atom changes periodically across the terrace but exhibits nonuniformities close to the terrace edges [146,147]. Thus, we have here another example of geometrically induced energetical heterogeneity. Adsorption on stepped surfaces has been studied experimentally [95,97,148] as well as with the help of both Monte Carlo [92-94,98,99,149-152] and molecular dynamics [153,154] computer simulation methods. 

The system could be energy conservative if the atoms moved smoothly over the potential field. In that case, an atom, when traveling over one period of the potential, would experience a symmetrically distributed lateral force so that its time average and the net work done by the force would be zero. In reality, however, this is not going to happen that way. The author will demonstrate in the following how the system becomes unstable which inevitably leads to energy dissipation and friction. 

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Classical Free-Electron Theory, Classical free-electron theory assumes the valence electrons to be virtually free everywhere in the metal. The periodic lattice field of the positively charged ions is evened out into a uniform potential inside the metal. The major assumptions of this model are that (1) an electron can pass from one atom to another, and (2) in the absence of an electric field, electrons move randomly in all directions and their movements obey the laws of classical mechanics and the kinetic theory of gases. In an electric field, electrons drift toward the positive direction of the field, producing an electric current in the metal. The two main successes of classical free-electron theory are that (1) it provides an explanation of the high electronic and thermal conductivities of metals in terms of the ease with which the free electrons could move, and (2) it provides an explanation of the Wiedemann-Franz law, which states that at a given temperature T, the ratio of the electrical (cr) to the thermal (k) conductivities should be the same for all metals, in near agreement with experiment ... 

Suppose a particle moves (in one direction) in a potential field V(X), which is periodic with minima separated by sharp maxima (fig. 30). The minima are the sites at which the particle resides for long periods, making occassional jumps to neighboring sites. The jump probability per unit time of this one-step process is rn = gn = A, where A involves the Arrhenius factor exp(— / a), mentioned in VII.5, see also XIII.2. This is just the example in the preceding section. 

The electrical properties of many solids have been satisfactorily explained in terms of the band theory . Briefly, the motion of an electron detached from its parent atom but free to move in a periodically varying potential field, such as that existing between atoms on a crystal lattice, is expressed in terms of a wave function (Boch Function). This particular... 

Fig. 1. Origin of the energy levels in a crystalline solid. The curves represent potential energy versus distance. At (a), the potential energy is that of an isolated ion, the energy levels, represented by the horizontal lines, are sharp. At (b), the overlap of the tields of the ions lowers the potential energy curve between the atomic positions and lesnlfs in a splitting of each atomic level into a band of allowed levels. At (C), the model is derived from one in which the elections aie free, subject only to a periodic potential resulting from the ionic fields...

Theory for the self- and tracer-diffusion of a diblock copolymer in a weakly ordered lamellar phase was developed by Fredrickson and Milner (1990). They modelled the interactions between the matrix chains and a labelled tracer molecule as a static, sinusoidal, chemical potential field and considered the Brownian dynamics of the tracer for small-amplitude fields. For a macroscopically-oriented lamellar phase, they were able to account for the anisotropy of the tracer diffusion observed experimentally. The diffusion parallel and perpendicular to the lamellae was found to be sensitive to the mechanism assumed for the Brownian dynamics of the tracer. If the tracer has sufficiently low molecular weight to be unentangled with the matrix, then its motion can be described by a Rouse model, with an added term representing the periodic potential (Fredrickson and Bates 1996) (see Fig. 2.50). In this case, motion parallel to the lamellae does not change the potential on the chains, and Dy is unaffected by... 

The Classical Free-Electron Theory. The classical free-electron theory considers that the valence electrons are virtually free everywhere in the metal. The periodic lattice field of the positively charged ions is evened out into a uniform potential inside the metal. The major assumptions of this model are (1) an electron can pass from one atom to another and (2) in the absence of an electric field elec-rons move randomly in all directions, and their movements obey the laws of classical mechanics and the kinetic theory of gases. In an electric field electrons... 

In the following, the use of periodical potentials will be described the periodicity will be denoted T[28]. Switching between two ore more flow patterns is performed inducing chaotic advection. One flow field is maintained in one time interval and another flow field in a second interval. This is repeated with the period T. The switching of the flow fields is accomplished by controlling the distribution of the C, potential created by the electrodes. By flow field alternation, particles virtually expose a zig-zag path, thereby distributing material all over the channel s cross-section. Such transport is similar to efficient stirring. 

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