Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-11-02
JETP Lett. 90, 459 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
14 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
The smearing of the graphene/graphane interface due to the thermally activated migration of hydrogen atoms is studied by the molecular dynamics method. Contrary to expectations, it is found that the fast spontaneous regeneration of this interface occurs even at a sufficiently high temperature T about 1500 K. As a result, the average width of the disordered region does not exceed the length of a C-C bond, i.e., the interface remains almost atomically sharp. The cause of this effect appears to be the specific shape of the potential relief of the system, namely, the significant difference between the heights of the energy barriers for the direct and inverse migrations of hydrogen atoms. A simple model that makes it possible to obtain the temperature dependence of the equilibrium distribution function of typical atomic configurations, to estimate the typical time of establishing the equilibrium state, and thereby to quantitatively describe the results of the computer experiment is presented.
Openov Leonid A.
Podlivaev A. I.
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