EAM_Dynamo_MendelevKramerBecker_2008_Cu__MO_945691923444_006
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EAM potential (LAMMPS cubic hermite tabulation) for Cu solidification developed by Mendelev et al. (2008) v006 |
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| Description
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We investigate the application of embedded atom method (EAM) interatomic potentials in the study of crystallization kinetics from deeply undercooled melts, focusing on the fcc metals Al and Cu. For this application, it is important that the EAM potential accurately reproduces melting properties and liquid structure, in addition to the crystalline properties most commonly fit in its development. To test the accuracy of previously published EAM potentials and to guide the development of new potential in this work, first-principles calculations have been performed and new experimental measurements of the Al and Cu liquid structure factors have been undertaken by X-ray diffraction. We demonstrate that the previously published EAM potentials predict a liquid structure that is too strongly ordered relative to measured diffraction data. We develop new EAM potentials for Al and Cu to improve the agreement with the first-principles and measured liquid diffraction data. Furthermore, we calculate liquid-phase diffusivities and find that this quantity correlates well with the liquid structure. Finally, we perform molecular dynamics simulations of crystal nucleation from the melt during quenching at constant cooling rate. We find that EAM potentials, which predict the same zero-temperature crystal properties but different liquid structures, can lead to quite different crystallization kinetics. More interestingly, we find that two potentials predicting very similar equilibrium solid and liquid properties can still produce very different crystallization kinetics under far-from-equilibrium conditions characteristic of the rapid quenching simulations employed here. |
| Species
The supported atomic species.
| Cu |
| Disclaimer
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The potential was designed to simulate solidification in Cu. For simulation of solid properties, the version published in [M.I. Mendelev and A.H. King, Phil. Mag. 93, 1268-1278 (2013), KIM item https://doi.org/10.25950/34748b8d ] is better for this purpose.
Other versions of this potentials with different SFE and USFE were published in: [M.I. Mendelev and A.H. King, Phil. Mag. 93, 1268-1278 (2013), KIM item https://doi.org/10.25950/34748b8d ], [V. Borovikov, M.I. Mendelev, A.H. King and R. LeSar, MSMSE 23, 055003 (2015)] and [V. Borovikov, M.I. Mendelev and A.H. King, MSMSE 24, 085017 (2016) KIM item https://doi.org/10.25950/e49bf93d ]. |
| Content Origin | http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/potentials/Cu.html |
| Contributor |
Mikhail I. Mendelev |
| Maintainer |
Mikhail I. Mendelev |
| Developer |
Matthew J. Kramer Mikhail I. Mendelev Chandler A. Becker Mark Asta |
| Published on KIM | 2025 |
| How to Cite |
This Model originally published in [1] is archived in OpenKIM [2-5]. [1] Mendelev MI, Kramer MJ, Becker CA, Asta M. Analysis of semi-empirical interatomic potentials appropriate for simulation of crystalline and liquid Al and Cu. Philosophical Magazine. 2008;88(12):1723–50. doi:10.1080/14786430802206482 — (Primary Source) A primary source is a reference directly related to the item documenting its development, as opposed to other sources that are provided as background information. [2] Kramer MJ, Mendelev MI, Becker CA, Asta M. EAM potential (LAMMPS cubic hermite tabulation) for Cu solidification developed by Mendelev et al. (2008) v006. OpenKIM; 2025. doi:10.25950/8a797bd5 [3] Foiles SM, Baskes MI, Daw MS, Plimpton SJ. EAM Model Driver for tabulated potentials with cubic Hermite spline interpolation as used in LAMMPS v006. OpenKIM; 2025. doi:10.25950/233cb735 [4] Tadmor EB, Elliott RS, Sethna JP, Miller RE, Becker CA. The potential of atomistic simulations and the Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models. JOM. 2011;63(7):17. doi:10.1007/s11837-011-0102-6 [5] Elliott RS, Tadmor EB. Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models (KIM) Application Programming Interface (API). OpenKIM; 2011. doi:10.25950/ff8f563a |
| Funding | Not available |
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| MO_945691923444_006 |
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| EAM_Dynamo_MendelevKramerBecker_2008_Cu__MO_945691923444_006 |
| DOI |
10.25950/8a797bd5 https://doi.org/10.25950/8a797bd5 https://commons.datacite.org/doi.org/10.25950/8a797bd5 |
| KIM Item Type
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| Portable Model using Model Driver EAM_Dynamo__MD_120291908751_006 |
| Driver | EAM_Dynamo__MD_120291908751_006 |
| KIM API Version | 2.0 |
| Potential Type | eam |
| Programming Language(s)
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| Previous Version | EAM_Dynamo_MendelevKramerBecker_2008_Cu__MO_945691923444_005 |
| Grade | Name | Category | Brief Description | Full Results | Aux File(s) |
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| P | vc-species-supported-as-stated | mandatory | The model supports all species it claims to support; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-periodicity-support | mandatory | Periodic boundary conditions are handled correctly; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-permutation-symmetry | mandatory | Total energy and forces are unchanged when swapping atoms of the same species; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| A | vc-forces-numerical-derivative | consistency | Forces computed by the model agree with numerical derivatives of the energy; see full description. |
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| P | vc-dimer-continuity-c1 | informational | The energy versus separation relation of a pair of atoms is C1 continuous (i.e. the function and its first derivative are continuous); see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-objectivity | informational | Total energy is unchanged and forces transform correctly under rigid-body translation and rotation; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-inversion-symmetry | informational | Total energy is unchanged and forces change sign when inverting a configuration through the origin; see full description. |
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| P | vc-memory-leak | informational | The model code does not have memory leaks (i.e. it releases all allocated memory at the end); see full description. |
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| P | vc-thread-safe | mandatory | The model returns the same energy and forces when computed in serial and when using parallel threads for a set of configurations. Note that this is not a guarantee of thread safety; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-unit-conversion | mandatory | The model is able to correctly convert its energy and/or forces to different unit sets; see full description. |
Results | Files |
BCC Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic body-centered cubic (bcc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Cohesive Energy Graph
This graph shows the cohesive energy versus volume-per-atom for the current mode for four mono-atomic cubic phases (body-centered cubic (bcc), face-centered cubic (fcc), simple cubic (sc), and diamond). The curve with the lowest minimum is the ground state of the crystal if stable. (The crystal structure is enforced in these calculations, so the phase may not be stable.) Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Diamond Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered diamond lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Dislocation Core Energies
This graph shows the dislocation core energy of a cubic crystal at zero temperature and pressure for a specific set of dislocation core cutoff radii. After obtaining the total energy of the system from conjugate gradient minimizations, non-singular, isotropic and anisotropic elasticity are applied to obtain the dislocation core energy for each of these supercells with different dipole distances. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
(No matching species)FCC Elastic Constants
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) elastic constants predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
FCC Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in red) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
FCC Stacking Fault Energies
This bar chart plot shows the intrinsic and extrinsic stacking fault energies as well as the unstable stacking and unstable twinning energies for face-centered cubic (fcc) predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
(No matching species)FCC Surface Energies
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) relaxed surface energies predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
SC Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic simple cubic (sc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Cubic Crystal Basic Properties Table
Species: CuDisclaimer From Model Developer
The potential was designed to simulate solidification in Cu. For simulation of solid properties, the version published in [M.I. Mendelev and A.H. King, Phil. Mag. 93, 1268-1278 (2013), KIM item https://doi.org/10.25950/34748b8d ] is better for this purpose.
Other versions of this potentials with different SFE and USFE were published in:
[M.I. Mendelev and A.H. King, Phil. Mag. 93, 1268-1278 (2013), KIM item https://doi.org/10.25950/34748b8d ],
[V. Borovikov, M.I. Mendelev, A.H. King and R. LeSar, MSMSE 23, 055003 (2015)] and
[V. Borovikov, M.I. Mendelev and A.H. King, MSMSE 24, 085017 (2016) KIM item https://doi.org/10.25950/e49bf93d ].
Creators:
Contributor: karls
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/64cb38c5
This Test Driver uses LAMMPS to compute the cohesive energy of a given monoatomic cubic lattice (fcc, bcc, sc, or diamond) at a variety of lattice spacings. The lattice spacings range from a_min (=a_min_frac*a_0) to a_max (=a_max_frac*a_0) where a_0, a_min_frac, and a_max_frac are read from stdin (a_0 is typically approximately equal to the equilibrium lattice constant). The precise scaling and number of lattice spacings sampled between a_min and a_0 (a_0 and a_max) is specified by two additional parameters passed from stdin: N_lower and samplespacing_lower (N_upper and samplespacing_upper). Please see README.txt for further details.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Cohesive energy versus lattice constant curve for bcc Cu v004 | view | 13428 | |
| Cohesive energy versus lattice constant curve for diamond Cu v004 | view | 11690 | |
| Cohesive energy versus lattice constant curve for fcc Cu v004 | view | 10025 | |
| Cohesive energy versus lattice constant curve for sc Cu v004 | view | 11450 |
Creators: Junhao Li and Ellad Tadmor
Contributor: tadmor
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/5853fb8f
Computes the cubic elastic constants for some common crystal types (fcc, bcc, sc, diamond) by calculating the hessian of the energy density with respect to strain. An estimate of the error associated with the numerical differentiation performed is reported.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Elastic constants for bcc Cu at zero temperature v006 | view | 12638 | |
| Elastic constants for fcc Cu at zero temperature v006 | view | 20112 | |
| Elastic constants for sc Cu at zero temperature v006 | view | 10649 |
Creators:
Contributor: brunnels
Publication Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/2c59c9d6
Computes grain boundary energy for a range of tilt angles given a crystal structure, tilt axis, and material.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Relaxed energy as a function of tilt angle for a 100 symmetric tilt grain boundary in fcc Cu v001 | view | 7391040 | |
| Relaxed energy as a function of tilt angle for a 110 symmetric tilt grain boundary in fcc Cu v001 | view | 24716069 | |
| Relaxed energy as a function of tilt angle for a 111 symmetric tilt grain boundary in fcc Cu v001 | view | 11634446 | |
| Relaxed energy as a function of tilt angle for a 112 symmetric tilt grain boundary in fcc Cu v001 | view | 44407540 |
Creators: Daniel S. Karls and Junhao Li
Contributor: karls
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/2765e3bf
Equilibrium lattice constant and cohesive energy of a cubic lattice at zero temperature and pressure.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Equilibrium zero-temperature lattice constant for bcc Cu v007 | view | 14172 | |
| Equilibrium zero-temperature lattice constant for diamond Cu v007 | view | 10809 | |
| Equilibrium zero-temperature lattice constant for fcc Cu v007 | view | 13372 | |
| Equilibrium zero-temperature lattice constant for sc Cu v007 | view | 14653 |
Creators: Daniel S. Karls and Junhao Li
Contributor: karls
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/c339ca32
Calculates lattice constant of hexagonal bulk structures at zero temperature and pressure by using simplex minimization to minimize the potential energy.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Cu v005 | view | 52686 |
Creators:
Contributor: mjwen
Publication Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/9d9822ec
This Test Driver uses LAMMPS to compute the linear thermal expansion coefficient at a finite temperature under a given pressure for a cubic lattice (fcc, bcc, sc, diamond) of a single given species.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Linear thermal expansion coefficient of fcc Cu at 293.15 K under a pressure of 0 MPa v002 | view | 949633 |
Creators: Matt Bierbaum
Contributor: mattbierbaum
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/64f4999b
Calculates the phonon dispersion relations for fcc lattices and records the results as curves.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Phonon dispersion relations for fcc Cu v004 | view | 126271 |
Creators: Matt Bierbaum
Contributor: mattbierbaum
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/6c43a4e6
Calculates the surface energy of several high symmetry surfaces and produces a broken-bond model fit. In latex form, the fit equations are given by:
E_{FCC} (\vec{n}) = p_1 (4 \left( |x+y| + |x-y| + |x+z| + |x-z| + |z+y| +|z-y|\right)) + p_2 (8 \left( |x| + |y| + |z|\right)) + p_3 (2 ( |x+ 2y + z| + |x+2y-z| + |x-2y + z| + |x-2y-z| + |2x+y+z| + |2x+y-z| +|2x-y+z| +|2x-y-z| +|x+y+2z| +|x+y-2z| +|x-y+2z| +|x-y-2z| ) + c
E_{BCC} (\vec{n}) = p_1 (6 \left( | x+y+z| + |x+y-z| + |-x+y-z| + |x-y+z| \right)) + p_2 (8 \left( |x| + |y| + |z|\right)) + p_3 (4 \left( |x+y| + |x-y| + |x+z| + |x-z| + |z+y| +|z-y|\right)) +c.
In Python, these two fits take the following form:
def BrokenBondFCC(params, index):
import numpy
x, y, z = index
x = x / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
y = y / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
z = z / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
return params[0]*4* (abs(x+y) + abs(x-y) + abs(x+z) + abs(x-z) + abs(z+y) + abs(z-y)) + params[1]*8*(abs(x) + abs(y) + abs(z)) + params[2]*(abs(x+2*y+z) + abs(x+2*y-z) +abs(x-2*y+z) +abs(x-2*y-z) + abs(2*x+y+z) +abs(2*x+y-z) +abs(2*x-y+z) +abs(2*x-y-z) + abs(x+y+2*z) +abs(x+y-2*z) +abs(x-y+2*z) +abs(x-y-2*z))+params[3]
def BrokenBondBCC(params, x, y, z):
import numpy
x, y, z = index
x = x / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
y = y / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
z = z / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
return params[0]*6*(abs(x+y+z) + abs(x-y-z) + abs(x-y+z) + abs(x+y-z)) + params[1]*8*(abs(x) + abs(y) + abs(z)) + params[2]*4* (abs(x+y) + abs(x-y) + abs(x+z) + abs(x-z) + abs(z+y) + abs(z-y)) + params[3]
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Broken-bond fit of high-symmetry surface energies in fcc Cu v004 | view | 54198 |
Creators:
Contributor: efuem
Publication Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/fca89cea
Computes the monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for cubic and hcp monoatomic crystals.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for fcc Cu | view | 256772 |
Creators:
Contributor: efuem
Publication Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/c27ba3cd
Computes the monovacancy formation and migration energies for cubic and hcp monoatomic crystals.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Vacancy formation and migration energy for fcc Cu | view | 1013609 |
| Test | Error Categories | Link to Error page |
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| Elastic constants for diamond Cu at zero temperature v001 | other | view |
EquilibriumCrystalStructure__TD_457028483760_002
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| Equilibrium crystal structure and energy for Cu in AFLOW crystal prototype A_cF4_225_a v002 | other | view |
| Equilibrium crystal structure and energy for Cu in AFLOW crystal prototype A_cI2_229_a v002 | other | view |
StackingFaultFccCrystal__TD_228501831190_002
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| Stacking and twinning fault energies for fcc Cu v002 | other | view |
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