Transition Pathways in Cylinder-Gyroid Interface

Transition Pathways in Cylinder-Gyroid Interface

Year:    2022

Author:    Xiaomei Yao, Jie Xu, Lei Zhang

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 32 (2022), Iss. 3 : pp. 810–828

Abstract

When two distinct ordered phases contact, the interface may exhibit rich and fascinating structures. Focusing on the Cylinder-Gyroid interface system, transition pathways connecting various interface morphologies are studied armed with the Landau–Brazovskii model. Specifically, minimum energy paths are obtained by computing transition states with the saddle dynamics. We present four primary transition pathways connecting different local minima, representing four different mechanisms of the formation of the Cylinder-Gyroid interface. The connection of Cylinder and Gyroid can be either direct or indirect via Fddd with three different orientations. Under different displacements, each of the four pathways may have the lowest energy.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0038

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 32 (2022), Iss. 3 : pp. 810–828

Published online:    2022-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    19

Keywords:    Landau–Brazovskii model Cylinder-Gyroid interface saddle dynamics transition state transition pathway.

Author Details

Xiaomei Yao

Jie Xu

Lei Zhang

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