Journal
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 183, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109789
Keywords
Copper; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Artificial neural networks; Machine learning; Surface diffusion; Migration barriers
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Funding
- CERN K-contract
- Academy of Finland [313867, 285382, 269696]
- MEPhI Academic Excellence Project [02.a03.21.0005]
- doctoral program MATRENA of the University of Helsinki
- Estonian Research Council [PUT 1372]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [313867, 285382, 313867, 285382] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) is a powerful method for simulation of diffusion processes in various systems. The accuracy of the method, however, relies on the extent of details used for the parameterization of the model. Migration barriers are often used to describe diffusion on atomic scale, but the full set of these barriers may become easily unmanageable in materials with increased chemical complexity or a large number of defects. This work is a feasibility study for applying a machine learning approach for Cu surface diffusion. We train an artificial neural network on a subset of the large set of 2(26) barriers needed to correctly describe the surface diffusion in Cu. Our KMC simulations using the obtained barrier predictor show sufficient accuracy in modelling processes on the low-index surfaces and display the correct thermodynamical stability of these surfaces.
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