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Michael Wehlau

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arXiv2015

How the aggregation of oxygen vacancies in rutile based TiO$_{2-δ}$ phases causes memristive behavior

The results of a comprehensive and systematic ab-initio based ground-state search for the structural arrangement of oxygen vacancies in rutile phase TiO$_2$ provide new insights into their memristive properties. We find that O vacancies tend to form planar arrangements which relax into structures exhibiting metallic behavior. These meta-stable arrangements are structurally akin to, yet distinguishable from the Magnéli phase. They exhibit a more pronounced metallic nature, but are energetically less favorable. Our results confirm a clear structure-property relationship between segregated oxygen vacancy arrangement and metallic behavior in reduced oxides.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2013

A permutation invariant collective variable to track and drive vacancy dynamics in simulations of solids

Vacancy dynamics in oxides are vital for understanding redox reactions and resulting memristive effects or catalytic activity. We present a method to track and drive vacancies which we apply to metadynamics simulation of oxygen vacancies (V$_{\mathrm{O}}$) in rutile, demonstrating its effectiveness. Using the density functional based tight binding method, it is possible to explore the free energy hyperplane of oxygen vacancies in TiO$_{2}$. We show that the migration of V$_{\mathrm{O}}$ in TiO$_{2}$ is governed by the jump with the higherst number of realizations. Free energy profiles are consistent with minimum energy paths.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗