Thermal Nanoquakes: Terahertz Frequency Surface Rayleigh Waves in Diamond Nanocrystals
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| author | Stamper, Caleb Baggioli, Matteo Galaviz, Pablo Lewis, Roger A. Rule, Kirrily C. Bake, Ablikim Portwin, Kyle A. Jin, Sha Fan, Xue Yu, Dehong Cortie, David L. |
| author_facet | Stamper, Caleb Baggioli, Matteo Galaviz, Pablo Lewis, Roger A. Rule, Kirrily C. Bake, Ablikim Portwin, Kyle A. Jin, Sha Fan, Xue Yu, Dehong Cortie, David L. |
| contents | Mechanical THz vibrations in nanocrystals have recently been harnessed for quantum sensing and thermal management. The free boundaries of nanocrystals introduce new surface wave solutions, analogous to the seismic waves on Earth, yet the implications of these surface waves on nanocrystals have remained largely unexplored. Here, we use atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and experimental neutron spectroscopy to elucidate these THz-scale features in nanodiamond. Our key insight is that thermally induced Rayleigh surface phonons, which have a low group velocity and an amplitude that decays exponentially away from the surface, are responsible for the previously observed but unexplained linear scaling of the low-energy vibrational density of states in nanocrystals. Large thermal atomic displacements, relative to the nanoparticle radius, induce perpetual surface quakes, even at ambient conditions. Normalised to the radius, the surface displacement ratio in diamond nanocrystals exceeds that of the largest recorded earthquakes by a factor of $10^{5\pm1}$. We explicate how these dramatic Rayleigh waves coexist with other distinctive features including confined lattice phonons, soft surface modes, the acoustic gap, Love waves, and Lamb modes, thereby offering a complete framework for the vibrational dynamics of nanocrystals. |
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| spellingShingle | Thermal Nanoquakes: Terahertz Frequency Surface Rayleigh Waves in Diamond Nanocrystals Stamper, Caleb Baggioli, Matteo Galaviz, Pablo Lewis, Roger A. Rule, Kirrily C. Bake, Ablikim Portwin, Kyle A. Jin, Sha Fan, Xue Yu, Dehong Cortie, David L. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mechanical THz vibrations in nanocrystals have recently been harnessed for quantum sensing and thermal management. The free boundaries of nanocrystals introduce new surface wave solutions, analogous to the seismic waves on Earth, yet the implications of these surface waves on nanocrystals have remained largely unexplored. Here, we use atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and experimental neutron spectroscopy to elucidate these THz-scale features in nanodiamond. Our key insight is that thermally induced Rayleigh surface phonons, which have a low group velocity and an amplitude that decays exponentially away from the surface, are responsible for the previously observed but unexplained linear scaling of the low-energy vibrational density of states in nanocrystals. Large thermal atomic displacements, relative to the nanoparticle radius, induce perpetual surface quakes, even at ambient conditions. Normalised to the radius, the surface displacement ratio in diamond nanocrystals exceeds that of the largest recorded earthquakes by a factor of $10^{5\pm1}$. We explicate how these dramatic Rayleigh waves coexist with other distinctive features including confined lattice phonons, soft surface modes, the acoustic gap, Love waves, and Lamb modes, thereby offering a complete framework for the vibrational dynamics of nanocrystals. |
| title | Thermal Nanoquakes: Terahertz Frequency Surface Rayleigh Waves in Diamond Nanocrystals |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07480 |