Solid-state dimer method for calculating solid-solid phase transitions

被引:133
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作者
Xiao, Penghao [1 ,2 ]
Sheppard, Daniel [3 ]
Rogal, Jutta [4 ]
Henkelman, Graeme [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Chem, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Inst Computat & Engn Sci, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Theoret, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[4] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Interdisciplinary Ctr Adv Mat Simulat, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
来源
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 2014年 / 140卷 / 17期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
FINDING SADDLE-POINTS; TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; AUGMENTED-WAVE METHOD; ELASTIC BAND METHOD; AB-INITIO; BASIS-SET; TRANSFORMATIONS; METASTABILITY; SYSTEMS; PATHS;
D O I
10.1063/1.4873437
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The dimer method is a minimum mode following algorithm for finding saddle points on a potential energy surface of atomic systems. Here, the dimer method is extended to include the cell degrees of freedom for periodic solid-state systems. Using this method, reaction pathways of solid-solid phase transitions can be determined without having to specify the final state structure or reaction mechanism. Example calculations include concerted phase transitions between CdSe polymorphs and a nucleation and growth mechanism for the A15 to BCC transition in Mo. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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