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An empirical many-body potential energy function for modelling ytterbium

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posted on 2023-06-07, 19:39 authored by Hazel CoxHazel Cox, Roy L Johnston, Andrew Ward
An empirical potential energy function, comprising two- and three-body terms, has been derived for the rare-earth element ytterbium, by fitting parameters to the phonon dispersion curves, elastic constants, lattice energy and lattice distance of the face-centred-cubic (fcc) phase of Yb. This potential reproduces the structural data for fcc Yb, including the negative Cauchy pressure, and correctly accounts for the metastable bcc phase. We predict the bcc phonon dispersion curves (not yet available in the literature) and the activation energy for the Bain transformation between the fcc and bcc phases. The surface energies and relaxations of the high-symmetry surfaces of fcc Yb ((111), (100) and (110)) are calculated for the first time. Furthermore, we predict that the (110) surface of Yb is stable with respect to the 1 × 2 'missing-row' reconstruction.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

ISSN

09538984

Publisher

Journal of Physics: Condens. Matter

Issue

42

Volume

10

Page range

9419 - 9429

ISBN

0953-8984

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  • Chemistry Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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