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Stability and mobility of mono- and di-interstitials in alpha-Fe.
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PMID:  15169167     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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We report a detailed ab initio study of the stability and migration of self-interstitial atoms (SIAs) and di-interstitials (di-SIAs) in alpha-Fe. The <110> dumbbell is confirmed to be the most stable SIA configuration, 0.7 eV below the <111> dumbbell. The lowest-energy migration path corresponds to a nearest-neighbor translation-rotation jump with a barrier of 0.34 eV. The most stable configuration for di-SIAs consists of <110> parallel dumbbells. Their migration mechanism is similar to that for SIAs, with an activation energy of 0.42 eV. These results are at variance with predictions from existing empirical potentials and allow one to reconcile theory with experiments.
Authors:
Chu-Chun Fu; F Willaime; P Ordejón
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2004-04-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  92     ISSN:  0031-9007     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2004 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-05-31     Completed Date:  2004-06-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  175503     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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