This book provides a comprehensive overview of a computationally
efficient approach for modelling the phase behaviour of multicomponent
alloys from first principles, describing both short- and long-range
atomic ordering tendencies. The study of multicomponent alloy systems,
which combine three or more base elements in near-equal ratios, has
garnered significant attention in materials science due to the
potential for the creation of novel materials with superior properties
for a variety of applications. High-entropy alloys, which contain four
or more base elements, have emerged as a particularly fascinating
subset of these systems, demonstrating extraordinary strength and
fracture resistance, among other desirable properties. The book
presents a novel modelling approach for studying the phase behaviour
of these systems, which is based on a perturbative analysis of the
internal energy of the disordered alloy as evaluated within the
Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker (KKR) formulation of density functional
theory (DFT), using the coherent potential approximation (CPA) to
average over chemical disorder. Application of a Landau-type theory to
an approximate form of the Gibbs free energy enables direct inference
of chemical disorder/order transitions. In addition, the perturbative
analysis facilitates extraction of atom-atom effective pair
interactions for further atomistic simulations. The connection between
the arrangement of atoms in a material and its magnetic properties is
also studied. By outlining and applying the proposed modelling
techniques to several systems of interest, this book serves as a
valuable resource for materials scientists, physicists, and chemists
alike, seeking to understand and develop new alloy systems with
enhanced materials properties.
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A Perturbative, First-Principles-Based Approach
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783031620218
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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