期刊
PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 92, 期 4, 页码 203-239出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2017.11.001
关键词
Scanning tunneling microscopy; Path-integral molecular dynamics; Water molecule; Nuclear quantum effects; Hydrogen bond
资金
- National Key RD Program [2016YFA0300901, 2017YFA0205003, 2016YFA0300903]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11634001, 21725302, 11290162/A040106, 61371015]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- Cheung Kong Young Scholar Program
- National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents
Quantum behaviors of protons in terms of tunneling and zero-point motion have significant effects on the macroscopic properties, structure, and dynamics of water even at room temperature or higher. In spite of tremendous theoretical and experimental efforts, accurate and quantitative description of the nuclear quantum effects (NQEs) is still challenging. The main difficulty lies in that the NQEs are extremely susceptible to the structural inhomogeneity and local environments, especially when interfacial systems are concerned. In this review article, we will highlight the recent advances of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/S), which allows the access to the quantum degree of freedom of protons both in real and energy space. In addition, we will also introduce recent development of ab initio path-integral molecular dynamics (PIMD) simulations at surfaces/interfaces, in which both the electrons and nuclei are treated as quantum particles in contrast to traditional ab initio molecular dynamics (MD). Then we will discuss how the combination of STM/S and PIMD are used to directly visualize the concerted quantum tunneling of protons within the water clusters and quantify the impact of zero-point motion on the strength of a single hydrogen bond (H bond) at a water/solid interface. Those results may open up the new possibility of exploring the exotic quantum states of light nuclei at surfaces, as well as the quantum coupling between the electrons and nuclei.
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