Embedded-atom potential for Fe and its application to self-diffusion on Fe(1 0 0) |
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Authors: | H Chamati NI Papanicolaou DA Papaconstantopoulos |
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Institution: | a Institute of Solid State Physics, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussée, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria b Department of Physics, Solid State Division, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece c School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA d Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5345, USA |
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Abstract: | We have constructed an embedded-atom potential for Fe by fitting to both experimental and first-principles results. The potential reproduces with satisfactory accuracy the lattice properties, surface energies and point defect energies for both BCC and the high temperature FCC phases of the metal. The potential was used in tandem with molecular-dynamics simulations to calculate the thermal expansion of both BCC-Fe and FCC-Fe, the phonon dispersion curves, mean-square displacements and surface relaxations of the element. In addition, we have studied self-diffusion of single adatoms on the BCC-Fe(1 0 0) surface at several temperatures. The migration energies and pre-exponential factors for three main diffusion mechanisms were determined and compared with available experimental data. We have found that the diagonal exchange diffusion process is energetically favored over the direct hopping mechanism and that its migration energy is close to the experimental value. Furthermore, the diffusion coefficient associated with the diagonal exchange diffusion process is about an order of magnitude higher than those of the hopping and the non-diagonal exchange mechanisms. |
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Keywords: | Computer modeling Interatomic potential First-principles calculations Iron Adatom diffusion |
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