From incommensurate bilayer heterostructures to Allen-Cahn: An exact thermodynamic limit

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Hauptverfasser: Hott, Michael, Watson, Alexander B., Luskin, Mitchell
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author Hott, Michael
Watson, Alexander B.
Luskin, Mitchell
author_facet Hott, Michael
Watson, Alexander B.
Luskin, Mitchell
contents We give a complete and rigorous derivation of the mechanical energy for twisted 2D bilayer heterostructures without any approximation beyond the existence of an empirical many-body site energy. Our results apply to both the continuous and discontinuous continuum limit. Approximating the intralayer Cauchy-Born energy by linear elasticity theory and assuming an interlayer coupling via pair potentials, our model reduces to a modified Allen-Cahn functional. We rigorously control the error, and, in the case of sufficiently smooth lattice displacements, provide a rate of convergence for twist angles satisfying a Diophantine condition.
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spellingShingle From incommensurate bilayer heterostructures to Allen-Cahn: An exact thermodynamic limit
Hott, Michael
Watson, Alexander B.
Luskin, Mitchell
Mathematical Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Analysis of PDEs
Dynamical Systems
82-10, 74-10, 70-10, 37A44, 37A46, 35Qxx, 35Q56
We give a complete and rigorous derivation of the mechanical energy for twisted 2D bilayer heterostructures without any approximation beyond the existence of an empirical many-body site energy. Our results apply to both the continuous and discontinuous continuum limit. Approximating the intralayer Cauchy-Born energy by linear elasticity theory and assuming an interlayer coupling via pair potentials, our model reduces to a modified Allen-Cahn functional. We rigorously control the error, and, in the case of sufficiently smooth lattice displacements, provide a rate of convergence for twist angles satisfying a Diophantine condition.
title From incommensurate bilayer heterostructures to Allen-Cahn: An exact thermodynamic limit
topic Mathematical Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Analysis of PDEs
Dynamical Systems
82-10, 74-10, 70-10, 37A44, 37A46, 35Qxx, 35Q56
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18186