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R. Alexander DEN-Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, CEA, Université Paris–Saclay
M.-C. Marinica DEN-Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, CEA, Université Paris–Saclay
L. Proville DEN-Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, CEA, Université Paris–Saclay
F. Willaime DEN-Département des Matériaux pour le Nucléaire, CEA, Université Paris–Saclay
Arakawa, Kazuto Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University
M. R. Gilbert Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre
S. L. Dudarev Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre
Description
The size limitation of ab initio calculations impedes first-principles simulations of crystal defects at nanometer sizes. Considering clusters of self-interstitial atoms as a paradigm for such crystal defects, we have developed an ab initio–accuracy model to predict formation energies of defect clusters with various geometries and sizes. Our discrete-continuum model combines the discrete nature of energetics of interstitial clusters and continuum elasticity for a crystalline solid matrix. The model is then applied to interstitial dislocation loops with ⟨100⟩ and 1/2⟨111⟩ Burgers vectors, and to C15 clusters in body-centered-cubic crystals Fe, W, and V, to determine their relative stabilities as a function of size. We find that in Fe the C15 clusters were more stable than dislocation loops if the number of self-interstitial atoms involved was fewer than 51, which corresponds to a C15 cluster with a diameter of 1.5 nm. In V and W, the 1/2⟨111⟩ loops represent the most stable configurations for all defect sizes, which is at odds with predictions derived from simulations performed using some empirical interatomic potentials. Further, the formation energies predicted by the discrete-continuum model are reparametrized by a simple analytical expression giving the formation energy of self-interstitial clusters as a function of their size. The analytical scaling laws are valid over a very broad range of defect sizes, and they can be used in multiscale techniques including kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and cluster dynamics or dislocation dynamics studies.
Journal Title
Physical review. B
Volume
94
Start Page
024103-1
End Page
024103-15
ISSN
24699950
Published Date
2016-07-06
DOI
NCID
AA11187113
Publisher
American Physical Society
NII Type
Journal Article
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PDF
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©2016 American Physical Society
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Gyoseki ID
e31572
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Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering