Surface Steps: From Atomistics to Continuum

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kukta ◽  
A. Peralta ◽  
D. Kouris
Keyword(s):  
Additional Term ◽  
Elastic Interaction ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Elastic Fields ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Growth Modes ◽  
Surface Steps ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Actual Geometry ◽  
Dominant Influence

The elastic interaction between surface steps biases growth and can have a dominant influence on growth modes of thin films. A new continuum solution is presented that takes into account the actual geometry of the steps. It is shown that even in the absence of external stress, the interaction energy contains a logarithmic dependence not previously reported in the literature. This additional term is of the same order of magnitude as the ones contained in the solution of Marchenko and Parshin that has been generally used during the past twenty years. Opposite and similar steps are investigated and closed-form expressions for the relevant elastic fields and interaction energies are derived. Results compare favorably with the ones obtained from embedded atom method (EAM) simulations and a recent elastic lattice model.

Computer Simulation of ao Screw Dislocations in Ni3Al

1990 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.A. Parthasarathy ◽  
D.M. Dimiduk ◽  
C. Woodward ◽  
D. Diller
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Screw Dislocation ◽  
Elastic Anisotropy ◽  
Elastic Interaction ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Interaction Torque ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Reduced Height ◽  
Plane Step ◽  
Simulation Results

ABSTRACTDissociation of the ao<110> screw dislocation in Ni3Al was studied using the embedded atom method of computer simulation. The dissociation occurred predominantly along the {111} plane, however, a {001}-plane step occurred in the APB at the center of the configuration. When a pair of ao/2<110> superpartials initially separated in the {111} plane was relaxed, the step formed once again but with a reduced height. When the pair was relaxed from larger distances the step was not formed. The results indicate that the elastic interaction “torque” due to elastic anisotropy is responsible for the formation of the {001} APB step. When a stress was applied to these dislocation configurations by simulation, results confirmed that the step in the APB and the octahedral cross-slipped-core dissociations can be significant barriers to glide of the screw dislocation.

Predicting XAFS scattering path cumulants and XAFS spectra for metals (Cu, Ni, Fe, Ti, Au) using molecular dynamics simulations

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Karolewski ◽  
R. G. Cavell ◽  
R. A. Gordon ◽  
C. J. Glover ◽  
M. Cheah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Md Simulations ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Interatomic Potentials ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Scaling Parameters ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Experimental Errors ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
X Ray Absorption

The ability of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to support the analysis of X-ray absorption fine-structure (XAFS) data for metals is evaluated. The low-order cumulants (ΔR, σ2,C3) for XAFS scattering paths are calculated for the metals Cu, Ni, Fe, Ti and Au at 300 K using 28 interatomic potentials of the embedded-atom method type. The MD cumulant predictions were evaluated within a cumulant expansion XAFS fitting model, using global (path-independent) scaling factors. Direct simulations of the corresponding XAFS spectra, χ(R), are also performed using MD configurational data in combination with theFEFFab initiocode. The cumulant scaling parameters compensate for differences between the real and effective scattering path distributions, and for any errors that might exist in the MD predictions and in the experimental data. The fitted value of ΔRis susceptible to experimental errors and inadvertent lattice thermal expansion in the simulation crystallites. The unadjusted predictions of σ2vary in accuracy, but do not show a consistent bias for any metal except Au, for which all potentials overestimate σ2. The unadjustedC3predictions produced by different potentials display only order-of-magnitude consistency. The accuracy of direct simulations of χ(R) for a given metal varies among the different potentials. For each of the metals Cu, Ni, Fe and Ti, one or more of the tested potentials was found to provide a reasonable simulation of χ(R). However, none of the potentials tested for Au was sufficiently accurate for this purpose.

Atomistic Simulation Study of Controlled Nanostructure Patterning

2003 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeongchan Lee ◽  
Kyeongjae Cho
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Barrier ◽  
Atomistic Simulation ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Surface Kinetics ◽  
Bulk Properties ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Dissociation Barrier ◽  
Strain Dependent

AbstractWe investigate the surface kinetics of Pt using the extended embedded-atom method, an extension of the embedded-atom method with additional degrees of freedom to include the nonbulk data from lower-coordinated systems as well as the bulk properties. The surface energies of the clean Pt (111) and Pt (100) surfaces are found to be 0.13 eV and 0.147 eV respectively, in excellent agreement with experiment. The Pt on Pt (111) adatom diffusion barrier is found to be 0.38 eV and predicted to be strongly strain-dependent, indicating that, in the compressive domain, adatoms are unstable and the diffusion barrier is lower; the nucleation occurs in the tensile domain. In addition, the dissociation barrier from the dimer configuration is found to be 0.82 eV. Therefore, we expect that atoms, once coalesced, are unlikely to dissociate into single adatoms. This essentially tells that by changing the applied strain, we can control the patterning of nanostructures on the metal surface.

Modified embedded-atom method potentials for the plasticity and fracture behaviors of unary fcc metals

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary H. Aitken ◽  
Viacheslav Sorkin ◽  
Zhi Gen Yu ◽  
Shuai Chen ◽  
Zhaoxuan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Fcc Metals ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Fracture Behaviors ◽  
Modified Embedded Atom Method

scholarly journals Fabrication of Magnesium-Aluminum Composites under High-Pressure Torsion: Atomistic Simulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6801
Author(s):  
Polina Viktorovna Polyakova ◽  
Julia Alexandrovna Pukhacheva ◽  
Stepan Aleksandrovich Shcherbinin ◽  
Julia Aidarovna Baimova ◽  
Radik Rafikovich Mulyukov
Keyword(s):  
Atomistic Simulation ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Temperature Treatment ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Interface Bonding ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Interlayer Region ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Loading Scheme

The aluminum–magnesium (Al–Mg) composite materials possess a large potential value in practical application due to their excellent properties. Molecular dynamics with the embedded atom method potentials is applied to study Al–Mg interface bonding during deformation-temperature treatment. The study of fabrication techniques to obtain composites with improved mechanical properties, and dynamics and kinetics of atom mixture are of high importance. The loading scheme used in the present work is the simplification of the scenario, experimentally observed previously to obtain Al–Cu and Al–Nb composites. It is shown that shear strain has a crucial role in the mixture process. The results indicated that the symmetrical atomic movement occurred in the Mg–Al interface during deformation. Tensile tests showed that fracture occurred in the Mg part of the final composite sample, which means that the interlayer region where the mixing of Mg, and Al atoms observed is much stronger than the pure Mg part.

scholarly journals An interatomic potential for saturated hydrocarbons based on the modified embedded-atom method

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 6233-6249 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nouranian ◽  
M. A. Tschopp ◽  
S. R. Gwaltney ◽  
M. I. Baskes ◽  
M. F. Horstemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Interatomic Potential ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Saturated Hydrocarbons ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Modified Embedded Atom Method

Extension of the computationally efficient modified embedded-atom method to hydrocarbons and polymers.

Modified embedded-atom method interatomic potential for theFe−Cualloy system and cascade simulations on pure Fe andFe−Cualloys

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeong-Joo Lee ◽  
Brian D. Wirth ◽  
Jae-Hyeok Shim ◽  
Junhyun Kwon ◽  
Sang Chul Kwon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interatomic Potential ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Modified Embedded Atom Method

An embedded-atom method interatomic potential for Pd–H alloys

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.W. Zhou ◽  
J.A. Zimmerman ◽  
B.M. Wong ◽  
J.J. Hoyt
Keyword(s):  
Computational Models ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Hydrogen Diffusion ◽  
Interatomic Potential ◽  
Diffusion Mechanism ◽  
Miscibility Gap ◽  
Embedded Atom Method ◽  
Embedded Atom ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Embedded Atom Method Potential

Palladium hydrides have important applications. However, the complex Pd–H alloy system presents a formidable challenge to developing accurate computational models. In particular, the separation of a Pd–H system to dilute (α) and concentrated (β) phases is a central phenomenon, but the capability of interatomic potentials to display this phase miscibility gap has been lacking. We have extended an existing palladium embedded-atom method potential to construct a new Pd–H embedded-atom method potential by normalizing the elemental embedding energy and electron density functions. The developed Pd–H potential reasonably well predicts the lattice constants, cohesive energies, and elastic constants for palladium, hydrogen, and PdHx phases with a variety of compositions. It ensures the correct hydrogen interstitial sites within the hydrides and predicts the phase miscibility gap. Preliminary molecular dynamics simulations using this potential show the correct phase stability, hydrogen diffusion mechanism, and mechanical response of the Pd–H system.

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