Calculation update! New properties have been added to the website for dislocation monopole core structures, dynamic relaxes of both crystal and liquid phases, and melting temperatures! Currently, the results for these properties predominately focus on EAM-style potentials, but the results will be updated for other potentials as the associated calculations finish. Feel free to give us feedback on the new properties so we can improve their representations as needed.
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: G. Plummer, and G.J. Tucker (2019), "Bond-order potentials for the Ti3AlC2 and Ti3SiC2 MAX phases", Physical Review B100(21), 214114. DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.100.214114.
Abstract: Bond-order potentials have been developed for the Ti3AlC2 and Ti3SiC2 MAX phases within the Tersoff formalism. Parameters were determined by independently considering each interatomic interaction present in the system and fitting them to the relevant structural, elastic, and defect properties for a number of unary, binary, and ternary structures. A number of material properties, including those not used in the fitting procedure, are reproduced with a high degree of accuracy when compared to experiment and ab initio calculations. Additionally, well-documented MAX phase behaviors such as plastic anisotropy and kinking nonlinear elasticity are demonstrated to be captured by the potentials. As a first highly accurate atomistic model for MAX phases, these potentials provide the opportunity to study some of the fundamental mechanisms behind unique MAX phase properties. Additionally, the fitting procedure employed is highly transferable and should be applicable to numerous other MAX phases.
Notes: This potential was designed for the study of MAX phases. In comparison to 2021--Plummer-G-Rathod-H-Srivastava-A-et-al--Ti-Al-C, this parameterization of Ti3AlC2 is more suitable for studies of irradiation tolerance rather than deformation.
See Computed Properties Notes: This file was taken from the supplementary material of the associated paper and posted with Gabriel Plummer's permission. File(s):