Quantized dislocations for functional and quantum materials
Abstract
Dislocations have a profound influence on materials functional properties. In this perspective, we discuss the recent development of quantized dislocations - a theoretical tool that aims to compute the role of dislocations on materials' functionalities, at a full quantum field theoretical level. After a brief discussion of the motivation and a pedagogical introduction of quantization, we focus on a few case studies of dislon theory, to see how dislon can be applied to solve a given materials functionality problem and lead to new predictions. We conclude by visioning a few more open questions. With the aid of the powerful quantum field theory, the dislon approach may enable plenty opportunities to compute multiple functional and quantum properties in a dislocated crystal at a new level of clarity.
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@article{arxiv.1810.07861,
title = {Quantized dislocations for functional and quantum materials},
author = {Mingda Li and Ricardo Pablo-Pedro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.07861},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
A light-weight introduction of the motivation of dislocation quantization. Comments are most welcome