Dislocation Core and Cross Slip Properties in Metals and Intermetallics: Linking ab initio and Continuum Approaches

Abstract

1) Developed, tested, and implemented a novel concurrent multiscale approach which improves the coupling-quality between the quantum and the classical atomistic regions. This approach, which allows for the first time the study of the dislocation core structure and the effect of chemistry (impurities) on the dislocation core, was applied successfully to aluminum. 2) Developed and applied a novel sequential multiscale approach which couples ab initio and continuum approaches to study the dislocation core and cross-slip properties of nano-layered Cu-Ni multilayered thin films; and the effect of twinning in fcc metals. 3) Studied the spin transport in magnetic tunnel junctions and its anomalous bias dependence; and 4) Studied the effect of electron-phonon interaction in strongly correlated electron clusters on the interplay between the Kondo and magnetic ordering effect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2008
Accession Number
ADA499475

Entities

People

  • Nicholas Kioussis

Organizations

  • California State University, Northridge

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Crystal Structure
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Nanoparticles
  • Spintronics
  • Students
  • Tensile Strength
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing