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- Blanter, M. S., et al.
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Interaction of interstitial atoms and configurational contribution to their thermodynamic activity in V, Nb, and Ta
- 2017
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Ingår i: Physics of metals and metallography. - : Maik Nauka/Interperiodica. - 0031-918X .- 1555-6190. ; 118:2, s. 105-112
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The pairwise interaction energies of O–O and N–N in bcc metals of group VB, which were calculated earlier using first-principles methods, have been employed to analyze the effect of the interatomic interactions on the configurational contribution to the thermodynamic activity. The strong effect of interstitial- interstitial interaction has been shown. The configurational contribution grows in the row (Nb–N) → (V–N) → (Ta–N) → (Nb–O) → (V–O) → (Ta–O), which is caused by a weakening of the mutual attraction of interstitial atoms in these solid solutions. The strong repulsion that characterizes the majority of coordination shells only weakly affects the thermodynamic activity. The character of the temperature dependence of the configurational contribution is defined by the strength of the mutual attraction of the interstitial atoms, i.e., upon strong attraction, the contribution increases with increasing temperature (Nb–N, V–N, Ta–N, and Nb–O) and, upon weak attraction, it decreases (V–O and Ta–O).
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- Reddy, P. V. Sreenivasa, et al.
(författare)
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Evidence for the antiferromagnetic ground state of Zr2TiAl : a first-principles study
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics. - : Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP). - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 29:26
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A detailed study on the ternary Zr-based intermetallic compound Zr2TiAl has been carried out using first-principles electronic structure calculations. From the total energy calculations, we find an antiferromagnetic L1(1)-like (AFM) phase with alternating ( 1 1 1) spin-up and spin-down layers to be a stable phase among some others with magnetic moment on Ti being 1.22 mu B. The calculated magnetic exchange interaction parameters of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian and subsequent Heisenberg Monte Carlo simulations confirm that this phase is the magnetic ground structure with Neel temperature between 30 and 100 K. The phonon dispersion relations further confirm the stability of the magnetic phase while the non-magnetic phase is found to have imaginary phonon modes and the same is also found from the calculated elastic constants. The magnetic moment of Ti is found to decrease under pressure eventually driving the system to the non-magnetic phase at around 46 GPa, where the phonon modes are found to be positive indicating stability of the non-magnetic phase. A continuous change in the band structure under compression leads to the corresponding change of the Fermi surface topology and electronic topological transitions (ETT) in both majority and minority spin cases, which are also evident from the calculated elastic constants and density of state calculations for the material under compression.
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- Gorbatov, Oleg I., et al.
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Effect of composition on antiphase boundary energy in Ni3Al based alloys : Ab initio calculations
- 2016
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Ingår i: PHYSICAL REVIEW B. - 2469-9950. ; 93:22
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The effect of composition on the antiphase boundary (APB) energy of Ni-based L1(2)-ordered alloys is investigated by ab initio calculations employing the coherent potential approximation. The calculated APB energies for the {111} and {001} planes reproduce experimental values of the APB energy. The APB energies for the nonstoichiometric gamma' phase increase with Al concentration and are in line with the experiment. The magnitude of the alloying effect on the APB energy correlates with the variation of the ordering energy of the alloy according to the alloying element's position in the 3d row. The elements from the left side of the 3d row increase the APB energy of the Ni-based L1(2)-ordered alloys, while the elements from the right side slightly affect it except Ni. The way to predict the effect of an addition on the {111} APB energy in a multicomponent alloy is discussed.
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- Ponomareva, A. V., et al.
(författare)
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Effect of multicomponent alloying with Ni, Mn and Mo on phase stability of bcc Fe-Cr alloys
- 2018
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Ingår i: Acta Materialia. - : Acta Materialia Inc. - 1359-6454 .- 1873-2453. ; 150, s. 117-129
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Fe-Cr system attracts lot of attention in condensed matter physics due to its technological importance and extraordinary physics related to a non-trivial interplay between magnetic and chemical interactions. However, the effect of multicomponent alloying on the properties of Fe-Cr alloys are less studied. We have calculated the mixing enthalpy, magnetic moments, effective chemical, strain-induced and magnetic exchange interactions to investigate the alloying effect of Ni, Mn, Mo on the phase stability of the ferromagnetic bcc Fe−Cr system at zero K. We demonstrate that the alloying reduces the stability of Fe-Cr alloys and expands the region of spinodal decomposition. At the same time, the mixing enthalpy in ternary Fe100-≿-05Cr≿Ni05 alloys indicates a stability of solid solution phase up to 6 at. % Cr. In Fe100-≿-07Cr≿Ni05Mn01Mo01 alloys, we did not find any alloy composition that has negative enthalpy of formation. Analyzing magnetic and electronic properties of the alloys and investigating magnetic, chemical and strain-induced interactions in the studied systems, we provide physically transparent picture of the main factors leading to the destabilization of the Fe-Cr solid solutions by the multicomponent alloying with Ni, Mn, Mo.
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- Razumovskiy, Vsevolod I., et al.
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Effect of thermal lattice expansion on the stacking fault energies of fcc Fe and Fe75Mn25 alloy
- 2016
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Ingår i: PHYSICAL REVIEW B. - : American Physical Society. - 2469-9950. ; 93:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Temperature dependent stacking fault energies in fcc Fe and the Fe75Mn25 random alloy are calculated within density functional theory. The high temperature paramagnetic state of Fe is modeled by the spin wave ( SW) method within a Hamiltonian formalism and by the disordered local moment (DLM) approach in the Green's function technique using the coherent potential approximation (CPA). To determine the stacking fault energy, the supercell approach is used in the case of the SW method, while the axial Ising model is used in both the SW method and CPA-DLM calculations. The SW and CPA-DLM results are in very good agreement with each other, and they also accurately reproduce the existing experimental data. In both cases, fcc Fe and the Fe75Mn25 alloy, the SFE increases with temperature. This increase is almost entirely due to thermal lattice expansion, in contrast to earlier claims connecting such a dependence with magnetic entropy. Additionally, we check the convergence of the SW method with respect to the number of spin waves in the calculations of the phonon spectrum and the vacancy formation energy of paramagnetic fcc Fe.
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- Žguns, Pjotrs A.
(författare)
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Configurational Thermodynamics of the CeO2-Gd2O3 System : A Combined DFT, Cluster Expansion and Monte Carlo Approach to Bulk and Interfaces
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this thesis, we study the configurational thermodynamics of Ce1-xGdxO2-x/2 x ≤ 1 or CGO. We apply a combined Density Functional Theory (DFT), cluster expansion and Monte Carlo (MC) approach in which the configurational energy of CGO is described by means of the Ising-type Hamiltonian. The interactions are determined by the cluster expansion of total energies calculated with DFT for a set of various cation–anion configurations. This allows one to perform on- the-fly calculations of the configurational energies in MC simulations of cation and anion ordering.The cluster interactions are essentially electrostatic and long-range, and describe the configurational energetics in the entire range of concentrations rather well.The phase diagram obtained in the MC simulations allows one to rationalise existing experimental data and is largely in agreement with that. We observe the phase separation into pure oxides, in equilibrium, below ca. 1000 K for x ≤ 1 (however it is kinetically hindered as diffusion of cations below ca. 1500 K is slow). We also observe the C-type oxygen–vacancy ordering in the x = 0.3–1 range below ca. 1200–3300 K (C phase), and a largely disordered, fluorite (F) phase in the x ≤ 0.3 range and above the ordering temperature.The DFT supercell calculations of the F and C phase configurations obtained in MC simulations allow us to study the effect of concentration and ordering on the lattice relaxations, lattice parameter and elastic moduli, providing insights into relation between preparation conditions, structure and properties.The bulk cluster interactions appear to be applicable also to coherent CeO2/C- type Gd2O3 interfaces, hence we examine a configurational energy landscape of the oxygen vacancy migration therein.This combined approach can be applied to study configurational thermodynamics of similar materials as well as the influence of configurational state on ionic conductivity and other properties.
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- Zguns, Pjotrs A., et al.
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Phase diagram and oxygen-vacancy ordering in the CeO2-Gd2O3 system : a theoretical study
- 2018
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 20:17, s. 11805-11818
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present the phase diagram of Ce1-xGdxO2-x/2 (CGO), calculated by means of a combined Density Functional Theory (DFT), cluster expansion and lattice Monte Carlo approach. We show that this methodology gives reliable results for the whole range of concentrations (x x(Gd) <= 1). In the thermodynamic equilibrium, we observe two transitions: the onset of oxygen-vacancy (O-Va) ordering at ca. 1200-3300 K for concentrations x(Gd) = 0.3-1, and a phase separation into CeO2 and C-type Gd2O3 occurring below ca. 1000 K for all concentrations. We also model 'quenched' systems, with cations immobile below 1500 K, and observe that the presence of random-like cation configurations does not prevent C-type vacancy ordering. The obtained transition temperatures for Va ordering agree rather well with existing experimental data. We analyse the effect of vacancy ordering and composition on the lattice parameters and relaxation pattern of cations.
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- Bochkarev, A. S., et al.
(författare)
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A single-volume approach for vacancy formation thermodynamics calculations
- 2016
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Ingår i: Europhysics letters. - : EPL ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. - 0295-5075 .- 1286-4854. ; 116:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The vacancy formation Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy in fcc Al, Ag, Pd, Cu, and bcc Mo are determined by first-principles calculations using the quasi-harmonic approximation to account for vibrational contributions. We show that the Gibbs free energy can be determined with sufficient accuracy in a single-volume approach using the fixed equilibrium volume of the defect-free supercell. Although the partial contributions to the Gibbs free energy, namely, the formation enthalpy and entropy exhibit substantial errors when obtained directly in this approach, they can be computed from the Gibbs free energy using the proper thermodynamic relations. Compared to experimental data, the temperature dependence of the vacancy formation Gibbs free energy is accounted for at low temperatures, while it overestimates the measurements at high temperature, which is attributed to the neglect of anharmonic effects.
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- Breidi, A., et al.
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Ideal compressive strength of fcc Co, Ni, and Ni-rich alloys along the (001) direction : A first-principles study
- 2016
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - : American Physical Society. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 93:14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We perform density functional theory based first-principles calculations to identify promising alloying elements (X) capable of enhancing the compressive uniaxial theoretical (ideal) strength of the fcc Ni-matrix along the 001 direction. The alloying element belongs to a wide range of 3d,4d, and 5d series with nominal composition of 6.25 at. %. Additionally, a full elastic study is carried to investigate the ideal strength of fcc Ni and fcc Co. Our results indicate that the most desirable alloying elements are those with half d-band filling, namely, Os, Ir, Re, and Ru.
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- Ehteshami, Hossein
(författare)
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Finite temperature properties of elements and alloy phases from first principles
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- First principles calculations are usually concerned with properties calculated at temperature 0 K. However, the industrially important materials are functioning at finite temperatures. To fill such a gap a first-principles based modeling of free energy has been developed in this thesis and finite temperature properties of different phases of Fe and Mn have been calculated and contrasted with available experimental data.In particular, using partitioning of the Helmholtz free energy, thermophysical properties of paramagnetic Fe have been reported. The heat capacity, lattice constant, thermal expansion and elastic moduli of γ- and δ-Fe show a good agreement with available experimental data. In the case of α-Fe, we observe a good agreement for elastic moduli and thermal expansion with experiments but the heat capacity is not well-reproduced in the calculations because of the large contribution of magnetic short-range which our models are not capable of capturing.α- and β-Mn theoretically pose a challenge for direct simulations of thermodynamic properties because of the complexity of magnetic and crystal structure. The partitioning of free energy has been used and thermodynamics of these phases have been derived. The obtained results show a good agreement with experimental data suggesting that, despite the complexities of these phases, a rather simple approach can well describe their finite temperature properties. High temperature phases of Mn, γ and δ, are also theoretically challenging problems. Employing a similar approach to Fe, thermophysical properties of these high symmetry phases of Mn have been reported which also show good agreement with available experimental data.The point defect and metal-self diffusion in titanium carbide (TiC), a refractory material, have been investigated in the present work. The common picture of metal-vacancy exchange mechanism for metal self-diffusion was shown to be unable to explain the experimentally observed values of activation energy. Several new clusters of point defects such as vacancies and interstitials have been found and reported which are energetically lower that a single metal vacancy. In a subsequent study, we showed that some of these clusters can be considered as mediators of metal self-diffusion in TiC.Evaluation of structural properties of Ti(O,C), a solid solution of TiC and β-TiO, from supercell approach is an extremely difficult task. For a dilute concentration of O, we show the complexity of describing an impurity of O in TiC using supercell approach. A single-site method such as the exact muffin-tin orbital method in the coherent potential approximation (EMTO-CPA) is a good alternative to supercell modeling of Ti(O,C). However, a study of Ti(O,C) using EMTO-CPA requires a further development of the technique regarding the partitioning of space. The shape module of EMTO has been modified for this purpose. With the help of the modified module, Ti(O,C) have been studied using EMTO-CPA. The results for the divacancy concentration and corresponding lattice parameter variations show good agreement with experimental data.
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