Atomic simulation of the vacancies in BCC metals with MAEAM

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-493

  Zhang, Jian Min ^a   Wen, Yan Ni ^a   Xu, Ke Wei ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BCC metals; Modified analytical embedded atom method (MAEAM); Vacancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846360744     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11534-006-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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