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The phase-field-crystal model for liquid crystals is solved numerically in two spatial dimensions. This model is formulated with three position-dependent order parameters, namely the reduced translational density, the local nematic order…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-01-28 Cristian Vasile Achim , Raphael Wittkowski , Hartmut Löwen

We describe a general method to model multicomponent ordered crystals using the phase-field crystal (PFC) formalism. As a test case, a generic B2 compound is investigated. We are able to produce a line of either first-order or second-order…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-15 Eli Alster , K. R. Elder , Jeffrey J. Hoyt , Peter W. Voorhees

We introduce a Phase Field Crystal (PFC) model for particles with n-fold rotational symmetry in two dimensions. Our approach is based on a free energy functional that depends on the reduced one-particle density, the strength of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-02-02 Robert F. B. Weigel , Michael Schmiedeberg

Based on static and dynamical density functional theory, a phase-field-crystal model is derived which involves both the translational density and the orientational degree of ordering as well as a local director field. The model exhibits…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 Hartmut Löwen

The phase field crystal (PFC) approach extends the notion of phase field models by describing the topology of the microscopic structure of a crystalline material. One of the consequences is that local variation of the interatomic distance…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-05-18 V. Heinonen , C. V. Achim , T. Ala-Nissila

The phase-field crystal model (PFC) describes crystal structures at diffusive timescales through a periodic order parameter representing the atomic density. One of its main features is that it naturally incorporates elastic and plastic…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-07 Maik Punke , Vidar Skogvoll , Marco Salvalaglio

Phase field crystal (PFC) models constitute a field theoretical approach to solidification, melting and related phenomena at atomic length and diffusive time scales. One of the advantages of these models is that they naturally contain…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-18 V. Heinonen , C. V. Achim , K. R. Elder , S. Buyukdagli , T. Ala-Nissila

We investigate the equilibrium properties of bcc-liquid interfaces modeled with a continuum phase-field crystal (PFC) approach [K. R. Elder and M. Grant, Phys. Rev. E 70, 051605 (2004)]. A multiscale analysis of the PFC model is carried out…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Kuo-An Wu , Alain Karma

The phase-field crystal (PFC) model describes crystal structures at diffusive timescales through a periodic, microscopic density field. It has been proposed to model elasticity in crystal growth and encodes most of the phenomenology related…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-23 Maik Punke , Marco Salvalaglio

Phase field crystal (PFC) models constitute central tools for a microscopic understanding of the dynamics of complex systems in soft matter physics. They have found widespread application in the modeling of the uniaxial orientational…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-22 Anouar El Moumane , René Wittmann , Hartmut Löwen , Michael te Vrugt

In this work, phase diagrams of a modified two-mode phase-field crystal (PFC) that show two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) crystallographic structures were determined by utilizing a free energy minimization method. In this…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-06 Arezoo Emdadi , Mohsen Asle Zaeem , Ebrahim Asadi

A modified phase field crystal model in which the free energy may be minimised by an order parameter profile having isolated bumps is investigated. The phase diagram is calculated in one and two dimensions and we locate the regions where…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-08-31 Mark J. Robbins , Andrew J. Archer , Uwe Thiele , Edgar Knobloch

We report on a novel extension of the recent phase-field crystal (PFC) method introduced in [Elder et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 88, 245701:1-4 (2002)], which incorporates elastic interactions as well as crystal plasticity and diffusive…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Peter Stefanovic , Mikko Haataja , Nikolas Provatas

The phase-field-crystal (PFC) modeling paradigm is rapidly emerging as the model of choice when investigating materials phenomena with atomistic scale effects over diffusive time scales. Recent variants of the PFC model, so-called…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-16 Nana Ofori-Opoku , Jonathan Stolle , Zhi-Feng Huang , Nikolas Provatas

The phase-field-crystal model is used to access the structure and thermodynamics of interfaces between two coexisting liquid crystalline phases in two spatial dimensions. Depending on the model parameters there is a variety of possible…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-01-28 Simon Praetorius , Axel Voigt , Raphael Wittkowski , Hartmut Löwen

A general procedure to investigate the elastic response and calculate the elastic constants of stressed and unstressed materials through continuum field modeling, particularly the phase field crystal (PFC) models, is presented. It is found…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-09 Zi-Le Wang , Zhi-Feng Huang , Zhirong Liu

This work addresses differences in predicted elastic fields created by dislocations either by the Phase Field Crystal (PFC) model, or by static Field Dislocation Mechanics (FDM). The PFC order parameter describes the topological content of…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-16 Manas Vijay Upadhyay , Jorge Viñals

We present a phase-field crystal (PFC) model for solidification that accounts for thermal transport and a temperature-dependent lattice parameter. Elasticity effects are characterized through the continuous elastic field computed from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-26 Maik Punke , Steven M. Wise , Axel Voigt , Marco Salvalaglio

The phase-field crystal (PFC) model describes crystal lattices at diffusive timescales. Its amplitude expansion (APFC) can be applied to the investigation of relatively large systems under some approximations. However, crystal symmetries…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-13 Marcello De Donno , Lucas Benoit--Maréchal , Marco Salvalaglio

By using a phase-field crystal (PFC) model, the liquid-crystal growth of the plastic triangular phase is simulated with emphasis on crystal shape and topological defect formation. The equilibrium shape of a plastic triangular crystal (PTC)…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-08-07 Sai Tang , Simon Praetorius , Rainer Backofen , Axel Voigt , Yan-Mei Yu , Jincheng Wang
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