Thermodynamic Integration for Dynamically Unstable Systems Using Interatomic Force Constants without Molecular Dynamics
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| author | Park, Junsoo Wu, Zhigang Lawson, John W. |
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| contents | We demonstrate an efficient and accurate, general-purpose first-principles blueprint for calculating anharmonic vibrational free energy and predicting structural phase transition temperatures of solids. Thermodynamic integration is performed without molecular dynamics using only interatomic force constants to model analogues of the true potential and generate their thermal ensembles. By replacing \textit{ab initio} molecular dynamics (AIMD) with statistical sampling of ensemble configurations and trading density-functional theory (DFT) energy calculations on each configuration for a set of matrix operations, our approach enables a faster thermodynamic integration by 4 orders of magnitude over the traditional route via AIMD. Experimental phase transition temperatures of a variety of strongly anharmonic materials with dynamical instabilities including shape-memory alloys are recovered to largely within 25% error. Such a combination of speed and accuracy enables the method to be deployed at a large-scale for predictive mapping of phase transition temperatures. |
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| spellingShingle | Thermodynamic Integration for Dynamically Unstable Systems Using Interatomic Force Constants without Molecular Dynamics Park, Junsoo Wu, Zhigang Lawson, John W. Materials Science Statistical Mechanics We demonstrate an efficient and accurate, general-purpose first-principles blueprint for calculating anharmonic vibrational free energy and predicting structural phase transition temperatures of solids. Thermodynamic integration is performed without molecular dynamics using only interatomic force constants to model analogues of the true potential and generate their thermal ensembles. By replacing \textit{ab initio} molecular dynamics (AIMD) with statistical sampling of ensemble configurations and trading density-functional theory (DFT) energy calculations on each configuration for a set of matrix operations, our approach enables a faster thermodynamic integration by 4 orders of magnitude over the traditional route via AIMD. Experimental phase transition temperatures of a variety of strongly anharmonic materials with dynamical instabilities including shape-memory alloys are recovered to largely within 25% error. Such a combination of speed and accuracy enables the method to be deployed at a large-scale for predictive mapping of phase transition temperatures. |
| title | Thermodynamic Integration for Dynamically Unstable Systems Using Interatomic Force Constants without Molecular Dynamics |
| topic | Materials Science Statistical Mechanics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08644 |