3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Revisiting quantum effects on dislocation glide in bcc metals from DFT calculations and machine-learning potentials
Arnaud Allera, Lisa Ventelon, Mihai-Cosmin Marinica +2
Quantum zero-point effects have been long proposed to explain a well-known discrepancy between the low-temperature flow stresses of body-centered cubic metals and corresponding ato…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Unveiling and quantifying the topology-dependent pre-melting of nanoparticles
Marthe Bideault, Arnaud Allera, Ryoji Asahi +2
The melting of metallic nanoparticles is governed by surface premelting, a phenomenon traditionally modeled as the isotropic growth of a uniform liquid shell. Challenging this clas…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Activation entropy of dislocation glide in body-centered cubic metals from atomistic simulations
Arnaud Allera, Thomas D. Swinburne, Alexandra M. Goryaeva +5
The activation entropy of dislocation glide, a key process controlling the strength of many metals, is often assumed to be constant or linked to enthalpy through the empirical Meye…