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Proton Transfer In Surface-Stabilized Chiral Motifs Of Croconic Acid, Donna A. Kunkel, James Hooper, Scott Simpson, Geoffrey A. Rojas, Stephen Ducharme, Timothy Usher, Eva Zurek, Axel Enders
Proton Transfer In Surface-Stabilized Chiral Motifs Of Croconic Acid, Donna A. Kunkel, James Hooper, Scott Simpson, Geoffrey A. Rojas, Stephen Ducharme, Timothy Usher, Eva Zurek, Axel Enders
Physics Faculty Publications
The structure and cooperative proton ordering of two-dimensional sheets of croconic acid were studied with scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles calculations. Unlike in the crystalline form, which exhibits a pleated, densely packed polar sheet structure, the confinement of the molecules to the surface results in hydrogen-bonded chiral clusters and networks. First-principles calculations suggest that the surface stabilizes networks of configurational isomers, which arise from direct hydrogen transfer between their constituent croconic acid monomers. Some of these configurations have a net polarization. It is demonstrated through constrained molecular dynamics simulations that simultaneous proton transfer between any two molecules can occur spontaneously. …
Suppression Of Switchable Polarization In Kdp By Ionizing Radiation, Timothy D. Usher
Suppression Of Switchable Polarization In Kdp By Ionizing Radiation, Timothy D. Usher
Physics Faculty Publications
Switching curves were obtained from KH2PO4 single crystals exposed to x-ray radiation for various time intervals, up to 8 h. The applied electric field was varied between 370 and 740 V/cm, as well. The temperature was held constant at 99 K. The switching curves were fit to a three-parameter nucleation and growth model based on the original works by Johnson and Mehl, and independently by Avrami. The two dynamic parameters, characteristic time tc, and effective domain wall dimensionality n, produced values consistent with unirradiated studies, however, they did not show any clear dependancy on …