Extended embedded-atom method for platinum nanoparticles
Journal Article
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· Surface Science
OSTI ID:885120
We present a new technique to extend the embedded-atom method (EAM) for the simulations of non-bulk systems down to the atomic cluster level. To overcome the limitation of the traditional bulk-fit EAM interatomic potentials, bond characteristics from first-principles calculations are systematically included by introducing a local structure dependent prefactor with three additional parameters to the conventional EAM many-body term. The additional parameters improve the local potential landscape virtually for the entire range of atomic configuration space in a quantitative sense. The proposed scheme is applied to two different EAM function sets and validated for both bulk and non-bulk environments in elemental platinum. The obtained material properties, including the binding energies of Pt particles and the Pt adatom diffusion barrier on the Pt (111) surface, show a significant improvement over the conventional EAM formalism.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 885120
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JRNL-215704
- Journal Information:
- Surface Science, Journal Name: Surface Science Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 600; ISSN SUSCAS; ISSN 0039-6028
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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