Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach
Understanding the time-dependent effects of charged vacancies on the electromechanical responses of materials is at the forefront of research for designing materials exhibiting metal-insulator transitions and memristive behavior. A Rayleighian approach is used to develop a model for studying the non...
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| description | Understanding the time-dependent effects of charged vacancies on the electromechanical responses of materials is at the forefront of research for designing materials exhibiting metal-insulator transitions and memristive behavior. A Rayleighian approach is used to develop a model for studying the nonlinear kinetics of the reaction leading to generation of vacancies and electrons via the dissociation of vacancy-electron pairs. Also, diffusion and elastic effects of charged vacancies are considered to model polarization-electric potential and strain-electric potential hysteresis loops. The model captures multiphysics phenomena by introducing couplings among polarization, the electric potential, stress, strain, and concentrations of charged (multivalent) vacancies and electrons (treated as classical negatively charged particles), where the concentrations can vary due to association-dissociation reactions. A derivation of coupled time-dependent equations based on the Rayleighian approach is presented. Three limiting cases of the governing equations are considered, highlighting the effects of (1) nonlinear reaction kinetics on the generation of charged vacancies and electrons, (2) Vegard's law (i.e., the concentration-dependent local strain) on asymmetric strain-electric potential relations, and (3) coupling between a fast component and the slow component of the net polarization on the polarization-electric-field relations. The Rayleighian approach discussed in this work should pave the way for developing a multiscale modeling framework in a thermodynamically consistent manner while capturing multiphysics phenomena in ferroelectric materials. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7976397e35d74c0c91cefb688f9a6d2b2025-08-20T02:59:23ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642025-01-017101305910.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013059Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approachRajeev KumarShuaifang ZhangP. GaneshUnderstanding the time-dependent effects of charged vacancies on the electromechanical responses of materials is at the forefront of research for designing materials exhibiting metal-insulator transitions and memristive behavior. A Rayleighian approach is used to develop a model for studying the nonlinear kinetics of the reaction leading to generation of vacancies and electrons via the dissociation of vacancy-electron pairs. Also, diffusion and elastic effects of charged vacancies are considered to model polarization-electric potential and strain-electric potential hysteresis loops. The model captures multiphysics phenomena by introducing couplings among polarization, the electric potential, stress, strain, and concentrations of charged (multivalent) vacancies and electrons (treated as classical negatively charged particles), where the concentrations can vary due to association-dissociation reactions. A derivation of coupled time-dependent equations based on the Rayleighian approach is presented. Three limiting cases of the governing equations are considered, highlighting the effects of (1) nonlinear reaction kinetics on the generation of charged vacancies and electrons, (2) Vegard's law (i.e., the concentration-dependent local strain) on asymmetric strain-electric potential relations, and (3) coupling between a fast component and the slow component of the net polarization on the polarization-electric-field relations. The Rayleighian approach discussed in this work should pave the way for developing a multiscale modeling framework in a thermodynamically consistent manner while capturing multiphysics phenomena in ferroelectric materials.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013059 |
| spellingShingle | Rajeev Kumar Shuaifang Zhang P. Ganesh Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach Physical Review Research |
| title | Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach |
| title_full | Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach |
| title_fullStr | Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach |
| title_short | Modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: Rayleighian approach |
| title_sort | modeling kinetic effects of charged vacancies on electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics rayleighian approach |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013059 |
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