Total-energy calculations based on microscopic electronic structure are combined with position-space renormalization-group calculations to predict the structural phase transitions of the Si(100) surface as a function of temperature. It is found that two distinct families of reconstructed geometries can exist on the surface, with independent phase transitions occurring within each. Two critical temperatures representing order-disorder transitions are calculated.
Thermal-induced
ion migration might be accompanied by a phase transition,
which is common for ion conductors but rarely studied for optical
materials in the optoelectronic devices. Herein, CaTiO3:Li+,Yb3+,Er3+ is chosen as a model
to optically interpret a second-order phase transition induced by
thermal-driven Li+ migration. The intensity pairwise ratios
of the emission peaks of Er3+ versus temperature show a
continuous but not derivable behavior with a break point at ∼125
°C (the ignition point of Li+ motion), which is analogous
with the behaviors of thermal properties and the deduced configurational
entropy. The gap between the phase transition and Er3+ luminescence
variation can be bridged by the number variation of microstates, referring
to the chemical environment around Er3+ ions. This research
gives an optical insight into the second-order phase transition induced
by thermal-activated ion migration, which may help to optimize the
optical materials with the concern of thermal properties.
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