First-principles thermodynamics of La2O3-P2O5pseudobinary system

Thermodynamics of glasses: a first principles computation

We propose a first principles computation of the thermodynamics of simple fragile glasses starting from the two-body interatomic potential. A replica formulation translates this problem into that of a gas of interacting molecules, each molecule being build of m atoms, and having a gyration radius (related to the cage size) which vanishes at zero temperature. We use a small cage expansion, valid...

First - principles , atomistic thermodynamics for oxidation catalysis

Present knowledge of the function of materials is largely based on studies (experimental and theoretical) that are performed at low temperatures and ultra-low pressures. However, the majority of everyday applications, like e.g. catalysis, operate at atmospheric pressures and temperatures at or higher than 300 K. Here we employ ab initio, atomistic thermodynamics to construct a phase diagram of ...

First-Principles Theory of Surface Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Understanding the complex behavior of particles at surfaces requires detailed knowledge of both macroscopic and microscopic processes that take place; also certain phenomena depend critically on temperature and gas pressure. To link these processes we combine state-of-the-art microscopic, and macroscopic phenomenological, theories. We apply our theory to the O Ru(0001) system and calculate ther...

First-principles lattice dynamics, thermodynamics, and elasticity of Cr2O3

Reliable first-principles alloy thermodynamics via truncated cluster expansions.

In alloys cluster expansions (CE) are increasingly used to combine first-principles electronic-structure calculations and Monte Carlo methods to predict thermodynamic properties. As a basis-set expansion in terms of lattice geometrical clusters and effective cluster interactions, the CE is exact if infinite, but is tractable only if truncated. Yet until now a truncation procedure was not well d...