The transport properties in a kind of simple system are studied within the framework of a generalized Frenkel Kontorova model where the chain is composed of two kinds of atoms. Its studied mobility includes two aspect...The transport properties in a kind of simple system are studied within the framework of a generalized Frenkel Kontorova model where the chain is composed of two kinds of atoms. Its studied mobility includes two aspects: the velocity mobility B v and the momentum mobility B m . The effective system temperatures for the two subchains, T e 1 and T e 2 are defined, respectively. For the underdamped case, the regime of nonlinear response becomes wider and more "steps" occur when the value of m increases. For m = 1, T e 1(F) = T e 2(F) . For m >1, T e 1(F) > T e 2(F) and the difference increases with the increase of m . The momentum transportation shows very different behavior from that of the velocity transportation. Within a prescribed intermediate "steps" of B v(F) or B m(F) , both of them decrease with the increase of F and B m(F) decreases more quickly. For the case of overdamping and nonzero temperature, the hysteresis interval becomes thinner and the transitions become smoother. The increase of m makes the hysteresis thinner and the transitions smoother. When T is high, all the transitions are smeared out, and the diatomic effects become unimportant. We expect these results contribute to the understanding of the atomic processes occurring at the interface of two materials when they are brought together and moved with respect to one another.展开更多
基金NationalNatureScienceFoundationofChina (No .19775 0 0 8)
文摘The transport properties in a kind of simple system are studied within the framework of a generalized Frenkel Kontorova model where the chain is composed of two kinds of atoms. Its studied mobility includes two aspects: the velocity mobility B v and the momentum mobility B m . The effective system temperatures for the two subchains, T e 1 and T e 2 are defined, respectively. For the underdamped case, the regime of nonlinear response becomes wider and more "steps" occur when the value of m increases. For m = 1, T e 1(F) = T e 2(F) . For m >1, T e 1(F) > T e 2(F) and the difference increases with the increase of m . The momentum transportation shows very different behavior from that of the velocity transportation. Within a prescribed intermediate "steps" of B v(F) or B m(F) , both of them decrease with the increase of F and B m(F) decreases more quickly. For the case of overdamping and nonzero temperature, the hysteresis interval becomes thinner and the transitions become smoother. The increase of m makes the hysteresis thinner and the transitions smoother. When T is high, all the transitions are smeared out, and the diatomic effects become unimportant. We expect these results contribute to the understanding of the atomic processes occurring at the interface of two materials when they are brought together and moved with respect to one another.
