Abstract
The proton transfer is considered in hydrogenbonded chains with asymmetric double-minimum potentials for proteons. The transport is described by the kinksoliton propagation in an energetically asymmetric double-well potential for a proton. The asymmetry can be caused by the spontaneous polarization in hydrogenbonded ferroelectrics, medium polarization in nonferroelectric hydrogen-bonded solids, crystallographic structure, geometry of the proton neighbourhood and internal electric field in biological macromolecules. The soliton dynamics of the system is analytically studied including the influence of a constant external electric field and damping mechanism. The velocity, energy, momentum and mobility of kinks are calculated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 517-524 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter and Quanta |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1995 |
Keywords
- 66.10.Ed
- 66.30.Dn
- 66.30.Hs
- 82.30.Nr
- 87.22.Fy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics