Journal
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 172, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109191
Keywords
Phenomenological coefficients; Coarse graining; Diffusion; Cluster expansion; Alloy kinetics; Random walk
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- EURATOM research and training program 2014-2018 [633053, 661913]
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This paper introduces the KineCluE code that implements the self-consistent mean-field theory for clusters of finite size. Transport coefficients are obtained as a sum over cluster contributions, each being individually computed with KineCluE. This method allows for the calculation of these coefficients beyond the infinitely dilute limit, and it is an important step in bridging the gap between dilute and concentrated approaches. Inside a finite volume of space containing the components of a given cluster, all kinetic trajectories are accounted for in an exact manner. The code, written in Python, adapts to a wide variety of systems, with various crystallographic structures (possibly under strain), defects and solute amount and types, and various jump mechanisms, including collective ones. The code also features a set of useful tools, such as the sensitivity study routine that allows for the identification of the most important jump frequencies to get accurate transport coefficients with minimum computational cost.
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