Hypermolecular dynamics simulations of monovacancy diffusion

  • X. M. Duan*
  • , D. Y. Sun
  • , X. G. Gong
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The validity of hypermolecular dynamics (hyper-MD) to vacancy diffusion is explored. We have obtained the diffusion constants of a monovacancy up to temperatures as low as 300 K for Al bulk and 160 K for the Al(1 0 0) surface with very large boost factors. The obtained diffusion constants and diffusion barriers are in good agreement with available experimental and theoretical data, which suggest that hypermolecular dynamics with a local bias potential is applicable to vacancy diffusion in real systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-156
Number of pages6
JournalComputational Materials Science
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Diffusion
  • Hypermolecular dynamics
  • Local bias potential

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