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Improved modified embedded-atom method potentials for gold and silicon

Seunghwa Ryu1, Christopher R Weinberger2, Michael I Baskes3 and Wei Cai2

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The modified embedded-atom method interatomic potentials for pure gold and pure silicon are improved in their melting point and latent heat predictions, by modifying the multi-body screening function and the equation of state function. The fitting of the new parameters requires rapid calculations of melting point and latent heat, which are enabled by efficient free-energy methods. The results provide the basis for constructing a cross-potential that will be fitted to the binary gold–silicon phase diagram.


PACS

64.70.D- Solid–liquid transitions

64.30.-t Equations of state of specific substances

65.40.G- Other thermodynamical quantities

Subjects

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 7 (October 2009)

Received 11 February 2009, in final form 12 June 2009

Published 14 August 2009



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