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Coupling density phase field models with atomistic potentials

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David Jacobson
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Reza Darvishi Kamachali
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Thompson, Gregor y B. *
DOI:10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112763delete
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A density-based phase field model is developed where the free energy functional is explicitly linked with molecular dynamics and is referred to as the Molecular Phase Field Method (MoPF). MoPF simulations involve expressing interatomic potentials in terms of density to form a density based free energy functional. Inputs to this functional are taken from atomistics such that the phase field density profile matches the corresponding density profile from atomistic simulations. We analyze our results by comparing the MoPF calculated excess interfacial energies with excess interfacial energies calculated using molecular dynamics associated with several nickel grain boundaries. Additionally, a comparison is made between our results and the interfacial energies of a Sigma 7 boundary across a variety of FCC systems simulated using density functional theory. The MoPF method is able to successfully predict grain boundary free energy trends between grain boundary and material types offering an atomistically informed mesoscale formulation for studying grain boundary physics.
Keywords:
Density phase field
Atomistic
Grain boundary
Excess interfacial energies

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Computational Materials Science
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