Journal
PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 224-231Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2015.01.046
Keywords
MEAM potential; VN thin film; Deformation and fracture; First-principles calculation; MD simulation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 11332013, 11272364]
- JSPS
- CAS
- Murata Science Foundation
- [24686069]
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We develop the second nearest-neighbor modified embedded atom method (2NN MEAM) potential for vanadium nitride (VN) in terms of the individual vanadium and nitrogen. The potential parameters are determined by fitting the cohesive energy, lattice parameter, and elastic constants of the VN with the NaCl-type structure, which are obtained by first-principles calculations. We find that the developed potentials can be used to describe the fundamental physical properties of the V-N system with other lattice structures. The calculated tensile stress-strain curves of the VN layers by first principles agree with those obtained by molecular dynamic simulations, validating the use of the developed potential. The bond breaking and its growth and coalescence are found to play an important role in the formation of fracture. We also find that temperature influences markedly the breaking of bonds, which can be attributed to the deviation of atoms from their equilibrium positions due to the thermal activated vibration, or to the superposition of the thermal energy to the deformation energy. Moreover, no dislocations and slips are found throughout the deformation process. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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