Chemical turnstile

W. T. Lee, E. K.H. Salje

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Abstract

A chemical turnstile is a device for transporting small, well-characterized doses of atoms from one location to another. A working turnstile has yet to be built, despite the numerous technological applications available for such a device. The key difficulty in manufacturing a chemical turnstile is finding a medium which will trap and transport atoms. Here we propose that ferroelastic twin walls are suitable for this role. Previous work shows that twin walls can act as two-dimensional trapping planes within which atomic transport is fast. We report simulations showing that a stress-induced reorientation of a twin wall can occur. This behavior is ideal for chemical turnstile applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number143110
Pages (from-to)1-2
Number of pages2
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume87
Issue number14
Early online date29 Sep 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Oct 2005
Externally publishedYes

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