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Structural stability of multiply twinned FePt nanoparticles

Mueller, Michael ; Albe, Karsten (2007)
Structural stability of multiply twinned FePt nanoparticles.
In: Acta Materialia, 55 (19)
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Abstract

The structural stability of FePt nanoparticles in multiply twinned and single crystalline morphologies is investigated by means of molecular statics calculations based on a recently developed analytic bond-order potential. The results obtained from the atomistic calculations are used for validating a continuum model which allows the contributions of elastic strain, surface and twin boundary energies to be assessed separately. The static model calculations predict a strong energetic preference for single crystalline morphologies in the ordered L1(0) and disordered A1 phases. If estimates of vibrational entropy contributions are taken into account, however, icosahedral particles can become thermodynamically stable at elevated temperatures.

Item Type: Article
Erschienen: 2007
Creators: Mueller, Michael ; Albe, Karsten
Type of entry: Bibliographie
Title: Structural stability of multiply twinned FePt nanoparticles
Language: English
Date: November 2007
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Company
Journal or Publication Title: Acta Materialia
Volume of the journal: 55
Issue Number: 19
URL / URN: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645407...
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Abstract:

The structural stability of FePt nanoparticles in multiply twinned and single crystalline morphologies is investigated by means of molecular statics calculations based on a recently developed analytic bond-order potential. The results obtained from the atomistic calculations are used for validating a continuum model which allows the contributions of elastic strain, surface and twin boundary energies to be assessed separately. The static model calculations predict a strong energetic preference for single crystalline morphologies in the ordered L1(0) and disordered A1 phases. If estimates of vibrational entropy contributions are taken into account, however, icosahedral particles can become thermodynamically stable at elevated temperatures.

Uncontrolled Keywords: Twinning, Nanostructure, Iron alloys, Modelling
Identification Number: doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2007.08.030
Divisions: 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science > Materials Modelling
11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science
11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences
Date Deposited: 28 Feb 2012 14:51
Last Modified: 05 Mar 2013 09:59
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Funders: Generous grants of computer time by the Center for Scientific Computing at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany is gratefully acknowledged.
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