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- Delczeg-Czirjak, Erna K., et al.
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Stabilization of the tetragonal distortion of Fe chi Co1-chi alloys by C impurities : A potential new permanent magnet
- 2014
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In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 89:14, s. 144403-
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- We have analyzed by density functional theory calculations the structural and magnetic properties of Fe-Co alloys doped by carbon. In analogy with the formation of martensite in steels we predict that such a structure also forms for Fe-Co alloys in a wide range of concentrations. These alloys are predicted to have a stable tetragonal distortion, which in turn leads to an enhanced magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of up to 0.75 MJ/m(3) and a saturated magnetization field of 1.9 T.
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- Hellman, Olle, et al.
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Charge Redistribution Mechanisms of Ceria Reduction
- 2012
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In: Physical Review Letters. - : American Physical Society. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 108:13, s. 135504-
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- Charge redistribution at low oxygen vacancy concentrations in ceria have been studied in the framework of the density functional theory. We propose a model to approach the dilute limit using the results of supercell calculations. It allows one to reproduce the characteristic experimentally observed behavior of composition versus oxygen pressure dependency. We show that in the dilute limit the charge redistribution is likely to be driven by a mechanism different from the one involving electron localization on cerium atoms. We demonstrate that it can involve charge localization on light element impurities.
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- Kádas, Krisztina, et al.
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Highly anisotropic sliding at TiN/Fe interfaces : A first principles study
- 2010
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In: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 108:11, s. 113511-
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- By means of first principles density functional theory, we investigate the properties of the TiN(001)/fcc Fe(111) and TiN(001)/bcc Fe(110) interfaces. We demonstrate that along certain directions Fe slides with negligible energy barriers against TiN at both interfaces, whereas sliding along other directions is involved with significant energy barriers. The interface between bcc Fe and TiN has a low energy barrier for sliding along the [110] direction of the TiN lattice, as does sliding along the [010] direction at TiN(001)/fcc Fe(111). For fcc Fe on TiN, a large energy barrier is found for sliding along the [100] direction of the TiN lattice. We show that this phenomenon and the stability of these interfaces are determined by the interplay between N–Fe bonding and Ti–Fe antibonding interactions.
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- Leetmaa, Mikael, et al.
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KMCLib : A general framework for lattice kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations
- 2014
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In: Computer Physics Communications. - : Elsevier BV. - 0010-4655 .- 1879-2944. ; 185:9, s. 2340-2349
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- KMCLib is a general framework for lattice kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations. The program can handle simulations of the diffusion and reaction of millions of particles in one, two, or three dimensions, and is designed to be easily extended and customized by the user to allow for the development of complex custom KMC models for specific systems without having to modify the core functionality of the program. Analysis modules and on-the-fly elementary step diffusion rate calculations can be implemented as plugins following a well-defined API. The plugin modules are loosely coupled to the core KMCLib program via the Python scripting language. KMCLib is written as a Python module with a backend C++ library. After initial compilation of the backend library KMCLib is used as a Python module; input to the program is given as a Python script executed using a standard Python interpreter. We give a detailed description of the features and implementation of the code and demonstrate its scaling behavior and parallel performance with a simple one-dimensional A-B-C lattice KMC model and a more complex three-dimensional lattice KMC model of oxygen-vacancy diffusion in a fluorite structured metal oxide. KMCLib can keep track of individual particle movements and includes tools for mean square displacement analysis, and is therefore particularly well suited for studying diffusion processes at surfaces and in solids. Program summary Program title: KMCLib Catalogue identifier: AESZ_v1_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AESZ_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: GNU General Public License, version 3 No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 49 064 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 1 575 172 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: Python and C++. Computer: Any computer that can run a C++ compiler and a Python interpreter. Operating system: Tested on Ubuntu 12.4 LTS, CentOS release 5.9, Mac OSX 10.5.8 and Mac OSX 10.8.2, but should run on any system that can have a C++ compiler, MPI and a Python interpreter. Has the code been vectorized or parallelized?: Yes. From one to hundreds of processors depending on the type of input and simulation. RAM: From a few megabytes to several gigabytes depending on input parameters and the size of the system to simulate. Classification: 4.13, 16.13. External routines: KMCLib uses an external Mersenne Twister pseudo random number generator that is included in the code. A Python 2.7 interpreter and a standard C++ runtime library are needed to run the serial version of the code. For running the parallel version an MPI implementation is needed, such as e.g. MPICH from http://www.mpich.org or Open-MPI from http://www.open-mpi.org. SWIG (obtainable from http://www.swig.org/) and CMake (obtainable from http://www.cmake.org/) are needed for building the backend module, Sphinx (obtainable from http://sphinx-doc.org) for building the documentation and CPPUNIT (obtainable from http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/) for building the C++ unit tests. Nature of problem: Atomic scale simulation of slowly evolving dynamics is a great challenge in many areas of computational materials science and catalysis. When the rare-events dynamics of interest is orders of magnitude slower than the typical atomic vibrational frequencies a straight-forward propagation of the equations of motions for the particles in the simulation cannot reach time scales of relevance for modeling the slow dynamics. Solution method: KMCLib provides an implementation of the kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method that solves the slow dynamics problem by utilizing the separation of time scales between fast vibrational motion and the slowly evolving rare-events dynamics. Only the latter is treated explicitly and the system is simulated as jumping between fully equilibrated local energy minima on the slow-dynamics potential energy surface. Restrictions: KMCLib implements the lattice KMC method and is as such restricted to geometries that can be expressed on a grid in space. Unusual features: KMCLib has been designed to be easily customized, to allow for user-defined functionality and integration with other codes. The user can define her own on-the-fly rate calculator via a Python API, so that site-specific elementary process rates, or rates depending on long-range interactions or complex geometrical features can easily be included. KMCLib also allows for on-the-fly analysis with user-defined analysis modules. KMCLib can keep track of individual particle movements and includes tools for mean square displacement analysis, and is therefore particularly well suited for studying diffusion processes at surfaces and in solids. Additional comments: The full documentation of the program is distributed with the code and can also be found at http://www.github.com/leetmaa/KMCLib/manual Running time: From a few seconds to several days depending on the type of simulation and input parameters.
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- Migas, Dmitri B., et al.
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Orientation effects in morphology and electronic properties of anatase TiO2 one-dimensional nanostructures. I. Nanowires
- 2014
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In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 16:20, s. 9479-9489
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- By means of ab initio calculations we have revealed the existence of sizable anisotropy in electronic properties of anatase TiO2 nanowires with respect to orientation: nanowires with 001 , 100 and 110 axes are found to be direct band-gap, indirect band-gap and degenerate semiconductor materials, respectively. The degenerate semiconducting properties of 110 oriented TiO2 nanowires are predicted to be the intrinsic features closely connected with stoichiometry. A band-gap variation with nanowire diameter is also shown to display rather complex behavior characterized by a competition between quantum confinement and surface state effects that is fully compatible with the available contradictory experimental data. Finally, we propose a model to explain the band-gap variation with size in TiO2 nanowires, nanocrystals and thin films.
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- Skorodumova, Natalia V.
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Theoretical design of ceria-based electrolyte materials
- 2011
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In: EFC 2011 - Proceedings of the 4th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference and Exhibition. - 9788882862541 ; , s. 61-62
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- Recent method development and increasing computer power have made ab initio methods of computational physics a robust, complimentary tool of modern materials research. Here we discuss how these methods can be used to understand some basic mechanisms determining the ion mobility in ceria-based electrolyte materials and to predict compositions with improved ion conductivity as well as to suggest new doping strategies.
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- Wessel, Michael, et al.
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Adhesion of the TiN/Fe interface with point defects from first principles
- 2013
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In: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 113:1, s. 014905-
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- We have investigated the bonding and adhesion of the TiN(001)/fcc-Fe(111) interface with and without defects using density functional theory. Substitutions in Fe, vacancies and impurities in TiN as well as the influence of vertical stress are studied. The performed bonding analysis shows that the main interaction between Fe and TiN originated from the Fe-N bonding, regardless of the specific set-up. For the ideal TiN(001)/fcc-Fe(111) interface, a complete separation of the interface is preferred to any transfer of iron atoms to the TiN surface. The presence of Ti and N vacancies or alloying elements at the interface further promotes this trend. Application of stress to the system lowers sliding barriers along the Tin/Fe interface.
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- Wiklund, Urban, et al.
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Experimental and theoretical studies on stainless steel transfer onto a TiN-coated cutting tool
- 2011
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In: Acta Materialia. - : Elsevier BV. - 1359-6454 .- 1873-2453. ; 59:1, s. 68-74
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- Stainless steel is a good example of a metal that is not easily machined. To explain such behavior an understanding of the fundamental adhesion between the workpiece and the tool is invaluable. It is a well-known fact that build-up layers form in the interface, but little attention has been given to the very first layer that adheres to the tool surface. Although this layer rapidly becomes covered by successive material transfer, this layer and its ability to stick to the tool surface control the successive material transfer and influence the cutting properties. In this work, a quick stop test is employed to interrupt the cutting of a 316L stainless steel using a TiN-coated cemented carbide cutting insert. Different analytical techniques, such as transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, as well as theoretical atomistic modeling, were used to study the early adhesion.
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