Regensburg 2019 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik

O 32: Frontiers of Electronic-Structure Theory: Focus on the Interface Challenge IV (joint session O/CPP/DS/TT)

O 32.6: Vortrag

Dienstag, 2. April 2019, 15:30–15:45, H9

Harvesting from unbiased sampling of open systems: phase diagrams and property maps of surfaces and clusters in reactive atmosphere — •Yuanyuan Zhou, Matthias Scheffler, and Luca M. Ghiringhelli — Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany

Numerous processes that occur at surfaces of materials play a critical role in the manufacture and performance of functional materials, e.g., electronic, magnetic, and optical devices, sensors, catalysts, and coatings. A prerequisite for analyzing and understanding the electronic properties and the function of surfaces is detailed knowledge of the atomic structure, i.e., the surface composition and geometry under realistic condition. We introduce a Replica-Exchange (RE) Grand-Canonical (GC) Monte-Carlo algorithm. By means of the coupled sampling at several chemical potentials (i.e., partial pressures) of a reactive gas atmosphere and temperatures, the REGC scheme enables the unbiased calculation of (p,T) phase diagrams of surfaces, nanoparticles, or clusters in contact with reactive atmosphere, where all anharmonic contributions are included. Moreover, the multi-canonical sampling yields the temperature-pressure dependence (map) of all equilibrium observables that can be measured within the given model Hamiltonian. For instance, structural parameters such as the radial distribution function, or the fundamental electronic gap. This allows for rational design, where operando condition are taking fully into account. We demonstrate the approach for model Lennard-Jones surfaces as well as Si clusters and surfaces in a hydrogen atmosphere.