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Unveiling the effect of Ni on the formation and structure of Earth's inner core
Yang Sun, Mikhail I. Mendelev, Feng Zhang +5
Ni is the second most abundant element in the Earth's core. Yet, its effects on the inner core's structure and formation process are usually disregarded because of its electronic a…
Ab initio melting temperatures of bcc and hcp iron under the Earth's inner core condition
Yang Sun, Mikhail I. Mendelev, Feng Zhang +5
There has been a long debate on the stable phase of iron under the Earth's inner core conditions. Because of the solid-liquid coexistence at the inner core boundary, the thermodyna…
Two-step nucleation of the Earth's inner core
Yang Sun, Feng Zhang, Mikhail I. Mendelev +2
It has long been assumed the Earth's solid inner core started to grow when molten iron cooled to its melting point. However, the nucleation mechanism, which is a necessary step of…
Development of interatomic potential appropriate for simulation of dislocation migration in fcc Fe
Mikhail I. Mendelev, Valery Borovikov
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of dislocation migration requires semi-empirical potentials of the interatomic interaction. While there are many reliable semi-empirical potentia…
Competitive B2 and B33 Nucleation during Solidification of Ni50Zr50 Alloy: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Classical Nucleation Theory
Yang Sun, Feng Zhang, Huajing Song +3
We investigated the homogenous nucleation of the stoichiometric B2 and B33 phases in the Ni50Zr50 alloy using the persistent embryo method and the classical nucleation theory. The…
Effects of dopants on the glass forming ability in Al-based metallic alloy
Yang Sun, Feng Zhang, Lin Yang +4
The effect of dopants on the metallic glass forming ability is usually considered based on analysis of changes in the liquid structure or thermodynamics. What is missing in such co…