Warning! Note that elemental potentials taken from alloy descriptions may not work well for the pure species. This is particularly true if the elements were fit for compounds instead of being optimized separately. As with all interatomic potentials, please check to make sure that the performance is adequate for your problem.
Citation: B. Onat, and S. Durukanoğlu (2013), "An optimized interatomic potential for Cu–Ni alloys with the embedded-atom method", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26(3), 035404. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/3/035404.
Abstract: We have developed a semi-empirical and many-body type model potential using a modified charge density profile for Cu–Ni alloys based on the embedded-atom method (EAM) formalism with an improved optimization technique. The potential is determined by fitting to experimental and first-principles data for Cu, Ni and Cu–Ni binary compounds, such as lattice constants, cohesive energies, bulk modulus, elastic constants, diatomic bond lengths and bond energies. The generated potentials were tested by computing a variety of properties of pure elements and the alloy of Cu, Ni: the melting points, alloy mixing enthalpy, lattice specific heat, equilibrium lattice structures, vacancy formation and interstitial formation energies, and various diffusion barriers on the (100) and (111) surfaces of Cu and Ni.
See Computed Properties Notes: This file was taken from openKIM model EAM_Dynamo_Onat_Durukanoglu_CuNi__MO_592013496703_004. It features more tabulation points and higher cutoffs for both rho and r. File(s):
See Computed Properties Notes: Listing found at https://openkim.org. This KIM potential is based on the same files as 2013--Onat-B--Cu-Ni--LAMMPS--ipr2. Link(s):