• Citation: P. Erhart, and K. Albe (2005), "Analytical potential for atomistic simulations of silicon, carbon, and silicon carbide", Physical Review B, 71(3), 035211. DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.71.035211.
    Abstract: We present an analytical bond-order potential for silicon, carbon, and silicon carbide that has been optimized by a systematic fitting scheme. The functional form is adopted from a preceding work [Phys. Rev. B 65, 195124 (2002)] and is built on three independently fitted potentials for Si-Si, C-C, and Si-C interaction. For elemental silicon and carbon, the potential perfectly reproduces elastic properties and agrees very well with first-principles results for high-pressure phases. The formation enthalpies of point defects are reasonably reproduced. In the case of silicon stuctural features of the melt agree nicely with data taken from literature. For silicon carbide the dimer as well as the solid phases B1, B2, and B3 were considered. Again, elastic properties are very well reproduced including internal relaxations under shear. Comparison with first-principles data on point defect formation enthalpies shows fair agreement. The successful validation of the potentials for configurations ranging from the molecular to the bulk regime indicates the transferability of the potential model and makes it a good choice for atomistic simulations that sample a large configuration space.

    Notes: This entry uses the paper's Si-I interaction, which was recommended for SiC simulations.

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  • LAMMPS pair_style tersoff (2005--Erhart-P--Si-C-I--LAMMPS--ipr1)
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    Notes: This file was created and verified by Lucas Hale. The parameter values are comparable to those in the SiC_Erhart-Albe.tersoff file in the August 22, 2018 LAMMPS distribution with this file using higher precision for the derived parameters.
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    Notes: Listing found at https://openkim.org. This KIM potential is based on the SiC_Erhart-Albe.tersoff file from the LAMMPS potentials directory.
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Date Created: October 5, 2010 | Last updated: November 20, 2024