• Citation: G. Plummer, and G.J. Tucker (2019), "Bond-order potentials for the Ti3AlC2 and Ti3SiC2 MAX phases", Physical Review B, 100(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.

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