Superstructure Transformations in High-Temperature Intermetallic Nanolayers: Atomistic Simulation

Abstract:

Superstructure transformation processes in intermetallics have beenstudied at the atomistic scale using Monte Carlo algorithms within two dis-tinct models: two-body interactions Ising-like system and Analytic Bond-Order Potentials. The transformation from “in-plane” to “off-plane” L10 vari-ant in [001]-oriented FePt nano-layers was observed and analysed by analyt-ical calculations providing clear explanation of the origin of the process, aswell as by “rigid-lattice” and “off-lattice” Monte Carlo simulations showingthe kinetics of the superstructure transformation.

• Periodical: Diffusion Foundations (Volume 1)
• Pages: 3-27
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DF.1.3
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Miroslaw Kozlowski, Rafał Leszek Abdank-Kozubski*, Christine Goyhenex
• Keywords: Atomic Ordering, FePt, Monte Carlo Simulations, Superstructure Transformations, Thin Layers

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