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Proton dynamics in high-pressure ice-VII from density functional theory

Materials Science 2021-02-24 v1

Abstract

Using a density-functional-theory-based approach, we explore the symmetrization and proton dynamics in ice-VII, for which recent high-pressure NMR experiments indicate significant proton dynamics in the pressure-range of 209520-95 GPa. We directly sample the potential seen by the proton and find a continuous transition from double- to single-well character over the pressure range of 2 to 130 GPa accompanied by proton dynamics in agreement with the NMR experiments.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2102.11810,
  title  = {Proton dynamics in high-pressure ice-VII from density functional theory},
  author = {Florian Trybel and Michael Cosacchi and Thomas Meier and Vollrath Martin Axt and Gerd Steinle-Neumann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.11810},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

7 pages, 6 figures

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