Calculating condensed matter properties using the KKR-Green's function method—recent developments and applications

H Ebert, D Koedderitzsch, J Minar - Reports on Progress in …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The modern version of the KKR (Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker) method represents the
electronic structure of a system directly and efficiently in terms of its single-particle Green's …

Linear scaling electronic structure methods

S Goedecker - Reviews of Modern Physics, 1999 - APS
Methods exhibiting linear scaling with respect to the size of the system, the so-called O (N)
methods, are an essential tool for the calculation of the electronic structure of large systems …

Efficient stochastic generation of special quasirandom structures

A Van de Walle, P Tiwary, M De Jong, DL Olmsted… - Calphad, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a new algorithm to generate Special Quasirandom Structures (SQS), ie, best
periodic supercell approximations to the true disordered state for a given number of atoms …

Multicomponent multisublattice alloys, nonconfigurational entropy and other additions to the Alloy Theoretic Automated Toolkit

A Van De Walle - Calphad, 2009 - Elsevier
A number of new functionalities have been added to the Alloy Theoretic Automated Toolkit
(ATAT) since it was last reviewed in this journal in 2002. ATAT can now handle …

Methods in electronic structure calculations

DR Bowler, T Miyazaki - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Linear-scaling methods, or methods, have computational and memory requirements which
scale linearly with the number of atoms in the system, N, in contrast to standard approaches …

Origin of the Anomalous Piezoelectric Response in Wurtzite Alloys

F Tasnádi, B Alling, C Höglund, G Wingqvist, J Birch… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
The origin of the anomalous, 400% increase of the piezoelectric coefficient in Sc x Al 1-x N
alloys is revealed. Quantum mechanical calculations show that the effect is intrinsic. It comes …

First-principles calculations of the vacancy formation energy in transition and noble metals

PA Korzhavyi, IA Abrikosov, B Johansson, AV Ruban… - Physical Review B, 1999 - APS
The vacancy formation energy and the vacancy formation volume of the 3 d, 4 d, and 5 d
transition and noble metals have been calculated within the local-density approximation …

Configurational thermodynamics of alloys from first principles: effective cluster interactions

AV Ruban, IA Abrikosov - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Phase equilibria in alloys to a great extent are governed by the ordering behavior of alloy
species. One of the important goals of alloy theory is therefore to be able to simulate these …

Deformation microstructure and deformation-induced martensite in austenitic Fe-Cr-Ni alloys depending on stacking fault energy

YE Tian, OI Gorbatov, A Borgenstam, AV Ruban… - … materials transactions A, 2017 - Springer
The deformation microstructure of austenitic Fe-18Cr-(10-12) Ni (wt pct) alloys with low
stacking fault energies, estimated by first-principles calculations, was investigated after cold …

Short-range order in face-centered cubic VCoNi alloys

T Kostiuchenko, AV Ruban, J Neugebauer… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Concentrated solid solutions including the class of high entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted
enormous attention recently. Among these alloys a recently developed face-centered cubic …