熔融Cu57团簇在急冷过程中弛豫和局域结构转变的分子动力学研究

采用基于嵌入原子方法的正则系综分子动力学研究熔融Cu₅₇团簇在急冷过程中的弛豫及其局域结构变化.通过对弛豫过程中均方位移、非相干中间散射函数和非Gauss参数三种函数和原子键对随急冷温度不同所发生变化的分析表明,在经过短时间的原子剧烈运动后,急冷温度极大地影响着团簇内原子结构弛豫过程.急冷温度较高时,原子在经历短时间剧烈运动的β弛豫后,进入α弛豫区后以扩散运动为主,随后原子运动表现为非扩散性的原子局域结构重排,团簇内没有出现明显的成核结构.随着温度的降低,原子局域结构的变化在经过短时间原子剧烈运动的β弛豫后,在α弛豫区原子运动表现为扩散性运动,并出现一定数量的不稳定二十面体结构.当急冷温度很低时,在进入α弛豫区后,团簇结构变化逐渐表现为非扩散性原子局域结构重排,形成相当数量的稳定成核二十面体结构. 关键词： 团簇 分子动力学 计算机模拟 表面     

低温下Cu13团簇负载于Cu(001)表面上结构变化的分子动力学研究

应用分子动力学方法研究温度为10和50 K时具有二十面体结构的Cu13团簇以不同接触条件与Cu(001)表面结合后的结构变化,原子间的相互作用势采用Johnson的嵌入原子方法模型.通过基于原子密度分布函数的分析表明,负载团簇与表面的结合能主要受团簇与载体相接触的最低层原子数及这些原子所具有的不同几何构型影响,同时更高层的原子呈现出不同的几何结构.温度为10 K时,负载团簇的初始位置对团簇几何结构和结合能影响较大.     

不同衬底条件下石墨烯结构形核过程的晶体相场法研究

利用可描述气-固转变的三模晶体相场模型,在原子尺度上研究了不同衬底条件下石墨烯结构的形核过程.结果表明:无论衬底存在与否,气态原子均是先聚集为无定形过渡态团簇,随着气态原子的不断堆积和固相团簇中原子位置的不断调整,过渡态团簇逐渐转变为有序的石墨烯晶核,在此过程中,五元环结构具有重要的过渡作用;石墨烯在结构匹配较好的衬底(如面心立方(face-centered cubic,FCC)结构(111)和(110))上生长时,可形成几乎没有结构缺陷单晶石墨烯岛;在无衬底或结构匹配性较差的衬底(如FCC结构(100)面)上生长时,形成的石墨烯岛结构缺陷和晶界较多,不利于高质量石墨烯的制备.     

Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Differences in Melting Behaviors of Cu57 and Cu58 Clusters

应用基于嵌入原子方法的分子动力学计算研究了Cu57和Cu58团簇在升温过程中变为熔体的结构演化过程．两个团簇在熔化时表现出不同的结构变化行为,进而影响到它们能量变化的差异．在升温时,团簇不同区域的原子局域结构变化由原子密度分布函数确定．模拟表明,即使对于这两个仅相差一个原子的小尺寸团簇,结构变化也敏感于团簇的尺寸．     

低温下Cu13团簇负载于Cu(001)表面上结构变化的分子动力学研究

应用分子动力学方法研究温度为10和50 K时具有二十面体结构的Cu₁₃团簇以不同接触条件与Cu（001）表面结合后的结构变化,原子间的相互作用势采用Johnson的嵌入原子方法模型.通过基于原子密度分布函数的分析表明,负载团簇与表面的结合能主要受团簇与载体相接触的最低层原子数及这些原子所具有的不同几何构型影响,同时更高层的原子呈现出不同的几何结构.温度为10 K时,负载团簇的初始位置对团簇几何结构和结合能影响较大. 关键词： 分子动力学 团簇 表面 计算机模拟     

冷却过程中Pd_(923)团簇的结构转变研究

本文利用分子动力学模拟方法,研究了钯团簇在不同冷却条件下形成晶体及非晶的过程.利用平均原子体积、双体分布函数、键对分析和键序参数方法研究了微观局域结构随温度的变化关系.研究发现:在50 K/ps冷却过程中,液态Pd923团簇在1000 K发生玻璃化转变,在100 K下形成非晶结构;而在0.1K/ps冷却过程中,液态Pd923团簇发生结晶,并最终形成六角密排(hcp)晶体结构.     

冷却过程中Pd923 团簇的结构转变研究

本文利用分子动力学模拟方法, 研究了钯团簇在不同冷却条件下形成晶体及非晶的过程. 利用平均原子体积、双体分布函数、键对分析和键序参数方法研究了微观局域结构随温度的变化关系. 研究发现：在50 K/ps冷却过程中,液态Pd923团簇在1000 K发生玻璃化转变,在100 K下形成非晶结构; 而在0.1 K/ps冷却过程中,液态Pd923团簇发生结晶,并最终形成六角密排（hcp）晶体结构。     

非晶Ag晶化过程中不同类型晶核结构的识别与跟踪

采用分子动力学模拟研究了非晶Ag的等温晶化过程,通过原子轨迹逆向追踪法分析了不同类型晶体团簇的结构遗传与组态演化.在团簇类型指数法的基础上,根据基本团簇种类与联结方式不同,提出了一种可区分fcc单晶、多晶与混晶团簇的分析方法.在非晶Ag等温晶化过程中,基于团簇结构的连续遗传性特征,发展了一种可区分fcc单晶、多晶与混晶晶胚与晶核的结构分析技术.结果发现:不论临界尺寸还是几何构型,不同类型的晶核结构都存在差异,其中fcc单晶临界尺寸最小,多晶次之,混晶最大; fcc单晶与多晶壳层原子中有少量hcp和bcc原子,而混晶壳层则全部为非晶类原子,并且fcc单晶、多晶与混晶的临界晶核都不是球型结构.     

纳米铜团簇在常温和升温过程中能量特征的分子动力学研究

采用分子动力学方法和F-S多体势函数，模拟研究纳米铜团簇常温下能量特征及其在升温直到熔化过程中的变化，确定了常温下纳米铜团簇的表面原子厚度和表面能，给出在不同温度下纳米铜团簇能量大小分布比例和能量的概率密度，细致描述了团簇升温过程团簇内部原子和表面原子之间不同的变化特征. 关键词： 铜团簇 分子动力学 能量特征 温度     

熔融Cu57团簇在急冷过程中弛豫和局域结构转变的分子动力学研究

采用基于嵌入原子方法的正则系综分子动力学研究熔融Cu₅₇团簇在急冷过程中的弛豫及其局域结构变化.通过对弛豫过程中均方位移、非相干中间散射函数和非Gauss参数三种函数和原子键对随急冷温度不同所发生变化的分析表明,在经过短时间的原子剧烈运动后,急冷温度极大地影响着团簇内原子结构弛豫过程.急冷温度较高时,原子在经历短时间剧烈运动的β弛豫后,进入α弛豫区后以扩散运动为主,随后原子运动表现为非扩散性的原子局域结构重排,团簇内没有出现明显的成核结构.随着温度的降低,原子局域结构的变化在经过短时间原子剧烈运动的β弛豫后,在α弛豫区原子运动表现为扩散性运动,并出现一定数量的不稳定二十面体结构.当急冷温度很低时,在进入α弛豫区后,团簇结构变化逐渐表现为非扩散性原子局域结构重排,形成相当数量的稳定成核二十面体结构.     

Geometric structure of Bergman clusters related to bulk amorphous alloys and quasicrystals

The fcc Zr₂Ni- and MgCu₂-type phases, being primary crystalline products of certain amorphous alloys with high glass-forming ability, should provide local structural information about the related amorphous alloys. The present paper gives a detailed analysis of the common structural features of these two fcc phases. They are both built from a similar building block consisting of tetrahedrally packed icosahedra. They also have shelled local structures similar to the first two shells of the Bergman-type clusters found in many icosahedral quasicrystals. Therefore the Bergman-type clusters probably play an important role in amorphous phase formation. Because of topological close packing inside dual-intergrown icosahedra, characteristic of Bergman clusters, the atomic radius ratios of the first- and second-shell atoms with respect to the central atom are nearly equal and fall in the range 1.1–1.2.     

以最大原子密度定义合金相中的第一近邻团簇

本文提出利用不同壳层所包含的径向原子密度, 即单位体积内的原子个数随着径向的分布, 来方便而精确地定义团簇, 即具有最大径向原子密度的且表面呈现三角密堆结构的完整壳层为第一近邻团簇. 最后以Al-Ni-Zr合金相为例说明了该方法的合理性与适用性, 及此方法所定义的团簇与非晶形成的关系.     

以团簇加连接原子模型解析Cr-C共晶成分

Cr-C体系材料是重要硬质防护涂层的代表,具有共晶特征.我们的前期工作指出,共晶合金满足双团簇近程序结构模型,由两种稳定液体亚单元构成,各自满足理想非晶团簇成分式,这里的第一近邻团簇来自相关共晶相.显然共晶成分解析的关键在于获得团簇,而相结构中往往存在多种团簇,进入到非晶/共晶团簇成分式的主团簇定义是关键环节.本文通过应用Friedel振荡理论及原子密堆,以团簇分布的球周期性及孤立度为判据,以Cr-C共晶相为例,进一步细化了共晶相中的主团簇选择流程,再搭配以2,4或6个连接原子,获得了描述共晶成分Cr_(86)C_(14)和Cr_(67.4)C_(32.6)的双团簇成分式:[Cr-Cr_(14)+C-Cr_9]Cr C_3和[C-Cr_9+C-Cr_8]C_6,其中四种团簇分别来自共晶相Cr,Cr_(23)C_6,Cr_7C_3和Cr_3C_2.该工作进一步证实了团簇加连接原子模型在共晶点解析中的普适性,并从理论上支持了相关的材料设计.     

Origin of polarity in amorphous SrTiO3

Although neither SrTiO3 nor BaZrO3 has any polar crystalline polymorphs, they may form noncrystalline pyro- and piezoelectric phases [Adv. Mater. 19, 1515 (2007)10.1002/adma.200602149]. These phases and the similar phase of BaTiO3 have been called quasiamorphous. In this Letter, the structure of the quasiamorphous phase of SrTiO3 is examined by the x-ray absorption fine structure technique and found to be built of a random network of polar octahedral TiO6 local bonding units. While in crystalline SrTiO3 all TiO6 octahedra are apex sharing only, in its amorphous and quasiamorphous phases, some octahedra share edges. The polarity of the quasiamorphous phase is due to the partial alignment of the TiO6 octahedra. Such a mechanism is completely different from that of inorganic polar crystals. This mechanism should be possible in a large variety of other compounds that contain similar local bonding units.     

Influence of electromagnetic radiation on the phase composition of clustered CN<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript> films

The effect of white and UV radiation on the phase composition of amorphous CN _x films are studied by X-ray diffraction analysis and visible-range spectroscopy. The films have variable-range atomic order and consist of amorphous graphite clusters (30 Å) crystalline clusters (50–100 Å) of graphite, diamond, and carbon nitride phases; and intercluster medium with long-range (1–2 Å) atomic order. It is shown that irradiation of the films by white light facilitates the growth of fine graphite clusters. Irradiation by UV light suppresses the growth of the graphite and carbon nitride phases, favoring the growth of the diamond phase (1.5%). It is demonstrated that a change in the mesoscopic phase composition of the CN _x films causes a change in the energy gap width in the visible range from E _g = 0.75 eV for the films irradiated by white light to E _g = 1.75 eV for those exposed to UV radiation.     

AlCuFe quasicrystals: Local electronic properties of these new industrial materials

We present room temperature ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer centre (isomer) shift and electric field gradient (EFG) results in the Al_100-x-yCu_xFe_y icosahedral-quasicrystalline (i-) and crystalline phases. We have investigated the local electronic properties and atomic order along the existence domains of the quasicrystalline and approximant phases given by two close-lying parallel lines in the concentration diagram: the I-line, where the quasicrystal is stable, and the A-line, where the rhombohedral approximant is stable, and other high-order approximants (orthorhombic and pentagonal) as well as the quasicrystal phase are metastable. We have also studied a series of intermediate concentrations situated between the I- and A-lines retained in the metastable i-phase by quenching. It is found that the centre shift and EFG are linearly correlated to each other over the range of compositions and structures for both the I- and A-lines as well as the intermediate samples. This correlation results from systematic changes in the orbital occupations on Fe atoms with composition. We have investigated as well the new low-order cubic approximant phase containing Si. The results for this phase fall near to but not on the correlation line indicating small changes in the atomic binding as compared to the i- and high order approximant phases. In addition, we have studied several non-approximant phases which lie close to these phases in composition. The results for the non-approximant structures do not fall near the correlation line, indicating very different atomic binding.     

Formation of Tsai-type 1/1 approximants in In-Pd-RE (RE: rare earth metal) alloys

The formation of the 1/1 crystal approximant phase (1/1 phase) to the icosahedral phase (i phase) in In-Pd-RE (RE: rare earth metal) systems has been investigated. A new series of 1/1 phases were found in In₅₃Pd₃₃RE₁₄ (RE; Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm) alloys. For Y, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, and Ho, the 1/1 phases were found in annealed alloys, indicating that they are thermodynamically stable. The atomic structure of the 1/1 phases was directly observed by high-angle annular dark-field imaging performed via scanning transmission electron microscopy, revealing that the 1/1 phases consisted of a periodic arrangement of Tsai-type icosahedral clusters. Further, the atomic size effect on i phase formation, as well as formation conditions previously reported for other Tsai-type i and 1/1 phases were examined. It was found that the ratio of the atomic radius of base metals such as In and Pd affects i phase formation. Moreover, the appropriate range of the radius ratio for i phase formation was narrower than that for 1/1 phase formation.     

Cluster formulae for metallic glasses derived from devitrification phases

Bulk metallic glasses are known to have a composition formula [cluster](glue atom)_1,3 within the framework of the cluster-plus-glue-atom model. The key issue in applying the cluster formula is the determination of the right clusters and glue atoms. As examples, alloy phases in the glass-forming systems Al–Ni–Zr and B–Co–Si are analysed from the viewpoint of nearest coordination polyhedral clusters. These alloy phases are described by [effective cluster](glue atom) _x , where the effective cluster refers to true cluster composition after taking account of cluster-sharing in the phase structure. For each alloy phase, a principal cluster can be identified that features the local short-range order of that phase. It is pointed out that the principal clusters can express compositions with high glass-forming abilities, as verified by our experiments in Al–Ni–Zr and B–Co–Si–Ta.     

Glass formability and the Al–Au system

The aluminum–gold system exhibits various features that suggest high glass formability, such as a deep eutectic, formation of icosahedral clusters in the intermetallic compound near the eutectic minimum and a strongly negative heat of mixing. However, it is very difficult to form a glass with this system. Various issues related to glass formability are discussed using the Al–Au system as a negative test-case. In particular, the atomic level pressure was calculated from first principles for the first time for Al₂Au, AlAu₂ and AlAu₄ intermetallic compounds. The atomic level pressure is very high in these compounds, suggesting frustrated electronic states which destabilize both crystalline and glassy phases.     

Ion scattering spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy: A powerful combination for surface structure analysis

Low-energy ion backscattering and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) have been used in combination to get better insight into the field of surface crystallography. The synergic effectiveness resulting from the complementing character of the two methods has been exemplified at clean NiAl(111) and for oxygen and nitrogen adsorption on Cu(110). The position of the atom cores is accessible by the low-energy noble gas impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy with neutral detection (NICISS). As a technique averaging over a macroscopic area of the sample, NICISS is better suited to supply information on features of completely developed phases, either on clean or adsorbate saturated surfaces. Additional information, on the other hand, can be gained by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), which as a powerful local probe may be used to image surfaces with atomic resolution and to monitor defects, steps and the growth kinetics of e.g. adsorption-induced phase changes.