Proceedings of the Conference on Nonlinear Coherent Structures in Physics and Biology,
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, July 95

Nonlinear Proton Dynamics in Hydrogen-Bonded Networks

A.V. Zolotaryuk ¹, A.V. Savin and E.N. Economou

¹Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
252143 Kiev, Ukraine

Abstract

The role of the cooperativity of hydrogen bonding and of dichotomously branching transfers of protons has been studied on the basis of the dynamical square lattice model which can be considered as a direct two-dimensional generalization of the well-known Aubry-Krumhansl-Schrieffer kink-bearing model with the Bernal-Fowler ice rules imposed as a constraint. The extended positive (H_3O+) and negative (OH-) ionic defects are shown to be described by 2D topological solitons which appear to be singular at their centers.

Conference paper.

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