Stability and mobility of mono- and Di-interstitials in α-Fe

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Fu, Chu Chun ^a   Willaime, F ^a   Ordejon P ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; MAGNETISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VECTORS;

METALLIC SYSTEMS; MIGRATION ENERGY; RESIDUAL FORCES; SELF-INTERSTITIAL ATOMS (SIA); VACANCY FORMATION ENERGY;

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EID: 2942677219     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.175503     Document Type: Article

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