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The application of the M"obius inversion formula to the embedded-atom method

Materials Science 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

We present a systematical method for obtaining analytical long-range embedded-atom potentials based on the lattice-inversion method. The potentials converge faster (exponentially) than Sutton and Chen's power-law potentials (Philos. Mag. Lett. 61, 2480(1990)). An interesting relationship between the embedded-atom method and the universal binding energy equation of Rose et al. (Phys. Rev. B 29, 2963 (1984)) is also pointed out. The potentials are tested by calculating the elastic constants, phonon dispersions, phase stabilities, surface properties and melting temperatures of the fcc transition metals.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9610183,
  title  = {The application of the M"obius inversion formula to the embedded-atom method},
  author = {Qian Xie and Wen-Qing Zhang and Nan-xian Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9610183},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, 10 Postscript figures, RevTex, resubmitted

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