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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 21(101), 2008

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.215902

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Path Integral Treatment of Proton Transport Processes inBaZrO3

Journal article published in 2008 by Qianfan Zhang ORCID, Göran Wahnström, Mårten E. Björketun, Shiwu Gao, Enge Wang
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Abstract

Nuclear quantum effects on proton transfer and reorientation in BaZrO3 is investigated theoretically using the ab initio path-integral molecular-dynamics simulation technique. The result demonstrates that adding quantum fluctuations has a large effect on, in particular, the transfer barrier. The corresponding rates and diffusion coefficient are evaluated using the path-centroid transition state theory. In contrast with what is found assuming classical mechanics for the nuclear motion, the reorientation step becomes rate limiting below 600 K.