Results for the energy of a finite one-dimensional ionic crystal

We consider a one-dimensional ionic crystal consisting of an arbitrary number of alternating positive and negative ions. We calculate exactly the energy per ion and uncover some interesting patterns. It is found that the energy per ion remains constant each time the size of the system increases by o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Orion Ciftja, Scott Rossel, Shawn Smith, Philip Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Results in Physics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221137971731584X