Cu

EAM Potential: Cu.lammps.eam

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Properties Predicted by EAM

Lattice Dynamics

Lattice constant as a function of temperature

Ref. 3.1. Y.S. Touloukian, R.K. Kirby, R.E. Taylor, P.D. Desai, Thermal Expansion, Metallic Elements and Alloys, Plenum Press, New York, 1975.

Ref. 3.2. F.R. Kroeger, J. Appl. Phys. 48, 853 (1977)

Thermal expansion coefficient based on quasiharmonic approximation

Elastic Constants

Phonon Dispersion Curves

[a]. PWSCF calculation. Ultrasoft pseudopotential Cu.pz-d-rrkjus.UPF has been used, with a kinetic energy cutoff

ecutwfc = 25.0 Ry. Kpoint selection: 11x11x11.

[b]. G. Nilsson and S. Rolandson, "Lattice Dynamics of Copper at 80 K", Phys. Rev. B 7, 2393 (1973).

Crystal Structures

Generalized Stacking Fault Energy

Stacking fault along [101] and [121] directions

Copper gamma surface evaluated with the EAM potential

Comparison of ab initio and EAM calculations of SF energies

Deformation Path

The Bain path

fcc: c/a = 1.0

bcc: c/a = 0.707

Engergy contours along the Bain path (EAM calculations)

Comparison of ab intio and EAM calculations along the Bain path

Surface Relaxation

Liquid Structure

Liquid density: EAM vs. experiment

Ref. 8.1. J. Brillo and I. Egry, Density Determination of Liquid Copper, Nickel, and Their Alloys, Int. J. Thermo. 24, 1155 (2003)

Pair correlation functions

Structure factors

Comparison of experimental structure factors and EAM calculations

Ref. 8.2. Y. Waseda, The Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980).

Ref. 8.3. M. M. G. Alemany, O. Diéguez, C. Rey, and L. J. Gallego, Molecular-dynamics study of the dynamic properties of fcc

transition and simple metals in the liquid phase using the second-moment approximation to the tight-binding method, Phys. Rev. B 60, 9208 - 9211 (1999)

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