New publication in Molecular Simulation

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This paper is our latest work using neural networks in molecular simulation. In this work, we build a Behler-Parinello neural network potential of bulk zirconia. The potential can describe several polymorphs of zirconia, as well as oxygen vacancy defect formation energies and diffusion barriers. We show that we can use the potential to model oxygen vacancy diffusion using molecular dynamics at different temperatures, and to use that data to estimate the effective diffusion activation energy. This is further evidence of the general utility of the neural network-based potential for molecular simulations with DFT accuracy.

@article{wang-2018-densit-funct,
  author =       {Chen Wang and Akshay Tharval and John R. Kitchin},
  title =        {A Density Functional Theory Parameterised Neural Network Model
                  of Zirconia},
  journal =      {Molecular Simulation},
  volume =       0,
  number =       0,
  pages =        {1-8},
  year =         2018,
  doi =          {10.1080/08927022.2017.1420185},
  url =          {https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2017.1420185},
  eprint =       { https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2017.1420185 },
  publisher =    {Taylor \& Francis},
}

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New publication in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.

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DFT calculations are extensively used to predict the chemical properties of metal alloy surfaces, but they are expensive which limits the number of calculations that can be practically be calculated. In this paper, we explore a perturbation approach known as alchemy to take previously calculated results and extend them to new compositions. We use oxygen reduction as a prototype reaction, and show that alchemy is often much faster than DFT, with an accuracy within 0.1 eV of the DFT. There are cases where the accuracy is not as good suggesting that further improvements to the perturbation model could be beneficial. Overall, alchemy appears to be a useful tool in high-throughput screening research.

@article{saravanan-2017-alchem-predic,
  title =        {Alchemical Predictions for Computational Catalysis: Potential
                  and Limitations},
  year =         2017,
  Author =       {Saravanan, Karthikeyan and Kitchin, John R. and von
                  Lilienfeld, O. Anatole and Keith, John A.},
  Bdsk-Url-1 =   {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01974},
  Doi =          {10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01974},
  Eprint =       {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01974},
  Journal =      {The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
  Note =         {PMID: 28938798},
  Number =       {ja},
  Pages =        {null},
  Url =          {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01974},
  Volume =       0,
}

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New publication in Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

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The Atomic Simulation Environment is a powerful python library for setting up, running and analyzing molecular simulations. I have been using it and contributing to it since around 2002 when I used the ASE-2 version in Python 1.5! The new ase-3 version is much simpler to use, and much more powerful. This paper describes some of its design principles and capabilities. If you use ASE, please cite this paper!

@article{larsen-2017-atomic-simul,
  author =       {Ask Hjorth Larsen and Jens J{\o}rgen Mortensen and Jakob
                  Blomqvist and Ivano E Castelli and Rune Christensen and
                  Marcin Dułak and Jesper Friis and Michael N Groves and
                  Bj{\o}rk Hammer and Cory Hargus and Eric D Hermes and Paul C
                  Jennings and Peter Bjerre Jensen and James Kermode and John
                  R Kitchin and Esben Leonhard Kolsbjerg and Joseph Kubal and
                  Kristen Kaasbjerg and Steen Lysgaard and J{\'o}n Bergmann
                  Maronsson and Tristan Maxson and Thomas Olsen and Lars
                  Pastewka and Andrew Peterson and Carsten Rostgaard and Jakob
                  Schi{\o}tz and Ole Sch{\"u}tt and Mikkel Strange and Kristian
                  S Thygesen and Tejs Vegge and Lasse Vilhelmsen and Michael
                  Walter and Zhenhua Zeng and Karsten W Jacobsen},
  title =        {The Atomic Simulation Environment-A Python Library for Working
                  With Atoms},
  journal =      {Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter},
  volume =       29,
  number =       27,
  pages =        273002,
  year =         2017,
  url =          {http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/29/i=27/a=273002},
  abstract =     {The atomic simulation environment (ASE) is a software package
                  written in the Python programming language with the aim of
                  setting up, steering, and analyzing atomistic simulations. In
                  ASE, tasks are fully scripted in Python. The powerful syntax
                  of Python combined with the NumPy array library make it
                  possible to perform very complex simulation tasks. For
                  example, a sequence of calculations may be performed with the
                  use of a simple 'for-loop' construction. Calculations of
                  energy, forces, stresses and other quantities are performed
                  through interfaces to many external electronic structure codes
                  or force fields using a uniform interface. On top of this
                  calculator interface, ASE provides modules for performing many
                  standard simulation tasks such as structure optimization,
                  molecular dynamics, handling of constraints and performing
                  nudged elastic band calculations.},
}

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New publication in Crystal Growth & Design

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Usually, metal oxides grow in a single, most stable crystal structure at a particular set of conditions. For example, TiO2 grows in the rutile structure for a large range of pressure and temperature conditions, but under some conditions it can also grow in the anatase structure. In this paper we show that epitaxial stabilization can be used to influence which crystal structures are observed for the growth of tin oxide. Tin oxide is normally only observed in the rutile structure. We grew tin oxide as an epitaxial film on a poly-crystalline substrate of CoNb2O6 which has an α-PbO2 crystal structure. We found that both rutile and α-PbO2 structures could be found in the film, and that the structure correlated with the orientation of the underlying grains. In other words, the orientation of a substrate can influence the structure of an epitaxial film, enabling one to grow films in crystal structures that may be metastable, and unobtainable in bulk samples.

@article{wittkamper-2017-compet-growt,
  author =       {Wittkamper, Julia and Xu, Zhongnan and Kombaiah, Boopathy and
                  Ram, Farangis and De Graef, Marc and Kitchin, John R. and
                  Rohrer, Gregory S. and Salvador, Paul A.},
  title =        {Competitive Growth of Scrutinyite ($\alpha$-PbO2) and Rutile
                  Polymorphs of \ce{SnO2} on All Orientations of Columbite
                  \ce{CoNb2O6} Substrates},
  journal =      {Crystal Growth \& Design},
  volume =       17,
  number =       7,
  pages =        {3929-3939},
  year =         2017,
  doi =          {10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00569},
  url =          {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00569},
  eprint =       { https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00569 },
}

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New publication in Calphad

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Alloys can have rich, complex phase behavior. Cu-Pd alloys for example show an unusual behavior where a BCC lattice forms for some compositions, even though the alloy is made from two metals that are exclusively FCC in structure! Being able to model and predict this kind of behavior is a major challenge. In this work, we use cluster expansions to model the configurational degrees of freedom in the FCC and BCC lattices and show qualitatively that we can predict the region where the B2 phase (the BCC one) forms. The agreement with experiment is not quantitative though, and we show that part this disagreement is due to the lack of vibrational entropy in the cluster expansion. When we include vibrational entropy, the qualitative agreement improves.

@article{geng-2017-first-princ,
  author =       "Feiyang Geng and Jacob R. Boes and John R. Kitchin",
  title =        {First-Principles Study of the Cu-Pd Phase Diagram},
  journal =      "Calphad ",
  volume =       56,
  pages =        "224 - 229",
  year =         2017,
  doi =          {10.1016/j.calphad.2017.01.009},
  url =
                  {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2017.01.009},
  abstract =     "Abstract The equilibrium phase diagram of a Cu-Pd alloy has
                  been computed using cluster expansion and Monte Carlo
                  simulation methods combined with density functional theory.
                  The computed phase boundaries show basic features that are
                  consistent with the experimentally reported phase diagram.
                  Without vibrational free energy contributions, the
                  order-disorder transition temperature is underestimated by 100
                  K and the critical point is inconsistent with experimental
                  result. The addition of vibrational free energy contributions
                  yields a more qualitatively correct Cu-Pd phase diagram in the
                  Cu rich region. ",
  issn =         "0364-5916",
  keywords =     "Density functional theory",
}

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