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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Graphite-Vinylester Nanocomposites and Their Constituents

  • Alkhateb, H.;Al-Ostaz, A.;Cheng, A.H.D.
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.316-324
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    • 2010
  • The effects of geometrical parameters on mechanical properties of graphite-vinylester nanocomposites and their constituents (matrix, reinforcement and interface) are studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Young's modulii of 1.3 TPa and 1.16 TPa are obtained for graphene layer and for graphite layers respectively. Interfacial shear strength resulting from the molecular dynamic (MD) simulations for graphene-vinylester is found to be 256 MPa compared to 126 MPa for graphitevinylester. MD simulations prove that exfoliation improves mechanical properties of graphite nanoplatelet vinylester nanocomposites. Also, the effects of bromination on the mechanical properties of vinylester and interfacial strength of the graphene.brominated vinylester nanocomposites are investigated. MD simulation revealed that, although there is minimal effect of bromination on mechanical properties of pure vinylester, bromination tends to enhance interfacial shear strength between graphite-brominated vinylester/graphene-brominated vinylester in a considerable magnitude.

Structural properties of β-Fe2O3 nanorods under compression and torsion: Molecular dynamics simulations

  • Kilic, Mehmet Emin;Alaei, Sholeh
    • Current Applied Physics
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    • v.18 no.11
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    • pp.1352-1358
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    • 2018
  • In recent years, one-dimensional (1D) magnetic nanostructures, such as magnetic nanorods and chains of magnetic nanoparticles have received great attentions due to the breadth of applications. Especially, magnetic nanorods has been opened an area of active research and applications in medicine, sensors, optofluidics, magnetic swimming, and microrheology since they possess the unique magnetic and geometric features. This study focuses on the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of an infinitely long crystal ${\beta}-Fe_2O_3$ nanorod. To elucidate the structural properties and dynamics behavior of ${\beta}-Fe_2O_3$ nanorods, MD simulation is a powerful technique. The structural properties such as equation of state and radial distribution function of bulk ${\beta}-Fe_2O_3$ are performed by lattice dynamics (LD) simulations. In this work, we consider three main mechanisms affecting on deformation characteristics of a ${\beta}-Fe_2O_3$ nanorod: 1) temperature, 2) the rate of mechanical compression, and 3) the rate of mechanical torsion.

A Study on Nanoscale Surface Polishing using Molecular Dynamics Simulations (분자동역학 시뮬레이션을 이용한 나노스케일 표면 절삭에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Jeong-Won;Choi, Young-Gyu
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.49-52
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    • 2011
  • This paper shows the results of classical molecular dynamics modeling for the interaction between spherical nano abrasive and substrate in chemical mechanical polishing processes. Atomistic modeling was achieved from 3-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations using the Morse potential functions for chemical mechanical polishing. The abrasive dynamics was modeled by three cases, such as slipping, rolling, and rotating. Simulation results showed that the different dynamics of the abrasive results the different features of surfaces. The simulation concerning polishing pad, abrasive particles and the substrate has same results.

Sputtering of Fe(100) Substrate Due to Energetic Ion Bombardments: Investigation with Molecular Dynamics Simulations (분자 동역학 모사를 이용한 Fe(100) 표면의 스퍼터링 해석)

  • Kim Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.76-81
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    • 2006
  • Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to investigate physical sputtering of Fe(100) substrate due to energetic ion bombardments. Repulsive interatomic potentials at short internuclear distances were determined with ab initio calculations using the density functional theory. Bohr potentials were fitted to the ab initio results on diatomic pairs (Ar-Fe, Fe-Fe) and used as repulsive screened Coulombic potentials in sputtering simulations. The fitted-Bohr potentials improve the accuracy of the sputtering yields predicted by molecular dynamics for sputtering of Fe(100), whereas Moliere and ZBL potentials were found to be too repulsive and gave relatively high sputtering yields. In spite of assumptions and limitations in this simulation work, the sputtering yields predicted by the molecular dynamics method were in fairly good accordance with the obtainable experimental data in absolute values as well as in manner of the variation according to the Incident energy. Threshold energy for sputtering of Fe(100) substrate was found to be about 40 eV. Additionally, distributions of kinetic energies of sputtered atoms and their original depths could be obtained.

Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study on Abrasive's Speed Change Under Pad Compression (연마패드 압력에 따른 연마입자 이동속도 변화의 분자동역학적 시뮬레이션 연구)

  • Lee, Gyoo-Yeong;Lee, Jun-Ha;Kim, Tae-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.25 no.7
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    • pp.569-573
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    • 2012
  • We investigated the speed change of the diamond spherical abrasive during the substrate surface polishing under the pad compression by using classical molecular dynamics modeling. We performed three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations using the Morse potential functions for the copper substrate and the Tersoff potential function for the diamond abrasive. As the compressive pressure increased, the indented depth of the diamond abrasive increased and then, the speed of the diamond abrasive along the direction of the pad moving was decreased. Molecular simulation result such as the abrasive speed decreasing due to the pad pressure increasing gave important information for the chemical mechanical polishing including the mechanical removal rate with both the pad speed and the pad compressive pressure.

Multi-scale Modeling of Plasticity for Single Crystal Iron (단결정 철의 소성에 대한 멀티스케일 모델링)

  • Jeon, J.B.;Lee, B.J.;Chang, Y.W.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.366-371
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    • 2012
  • Atomistic simulations have become useful tools for exploring new insights in materials science, but the length and time scale that can be handled with atomistic simulations are seriously limiting their practical applications. In order to make meaningful quantitative predictions, atomistic simulations are necessarily combined with higher-scale modeling. The present research is thus concerned with the development of a multi-scale model and its application to the prediction of the mechanical properties of body-centered cubic(BCC) iron with an emphasis on the coupling of atomistic molecular dynamics with meso-scale discrete dislocation dynamics modeling. In order to achieve predictive multi-scale simulations, it is necessary to properly incorporate atomistic details into the meso-scale approach. This challenge is handled with the proposed hierarchical information passing strategy from atomistic to meso-scale by obtaining material properties and dislocation mobility. Finally, this fundamental and physics-based meso-scale approach is employed for quantitative predictions of the mechanical response of single crystal iron.