Document Type
Poster
Journal/Book Title/Conference
American Physical Society March Meeting 2013
Publication Date
3-18-2013
Abstract
General 2D dielectric phase diagrams and phase transitions for multipolar molecules adsorbed to a square ionic crystal are presented. The adsorbed molecules are modeled using a dilute spin-one Ising model in the Blume-Emery-Griffiths formalism, using a mean-field approximation. Physical constants such as the electricmultipole moments and binding energies are used to uniquely determine the interaction parameters over the full range of physically-relevant values. We find that temperature- and coverage-dependent antiferroelectric to ferroelectric, coverage-dependent ferroelectric up to ferroelectric down, reentrant ferroelectric to ferrielectric, and order-disorder dipole phase transitions can occur. The results are presented as a quasi-continuous set of phase diagrams. Extensions into ferro-electric parameter space are discussed and connections to analytical solutions are explored.
Recommended Citation
Burns, Teresa and Dennison, JR, "Electric Multipole Interactions in an Extended BEG Model" (2013). American Physical Society March Meeting 2013. Posters. Paper 14.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mp_post/14