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We apply a simple dynamical density functional theory, the phase-field crystal (PFC) model of overdamped conservative dynamics, to address polymorphism, crystal nucleation, and crystal growth in the diffusion-controlled limit. We refine the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 Gyula I. Tóth , György Tegze , Tamás Pusztai , László Gránásy

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

The active Phase-Field-Crystal (aPFC) model combines elements of the Toner-Tu theory for self-propelled particles and the classical Phase-Field-Crystal (PFC) model that describes the transition between liquid to crystalline phases. In the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-02-25 Lukas Ophaus , Johannes Kirchner , Svetlana V. Gurevich , Uwe Thiele

We apply a simple dynamical density functional theory, the phase-field-crystal (PFC) model, to describe homogeneous and heterogeneous crystal nucleation in 2d monodisperse colloidal systems and crystal nucleation in highly compressed Fe…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 László Gránásy , György Tegze , Gyula I. Tóth , Tamás Pusztai

We discuss an active phase field crystal (PFC) model that describes a mixture of active and passive particles. First, a microscopic derivation from dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) is presented that includes a systematic treatment…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-10-26 Michael te Vrugt , Max Philipp Holl , Aron Koch , Raphael Wittkowski , Uwe Thiele

We develop a preconditioner for the linear system arising from a finite element discretization of the Phase Field Crystal (PFC) equation. The PFC model serves as an atomic description of crystalline materials on diffusive time scales and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-08-27 Simon Praetorius , Axel Voigt

The phase-field crystal model in its amplitude equation approximation is shown to provide an accurate description of the deformation field in defected crystalline structures, as well as of dislocation motion. We analyze in detail the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-01 Marco Salvalaglio , Luiza Angheluta , Zhi-Feng Huang , Axel Voigt , Ken R. Elder , Jorge Viñals

Atomically thin 2-dimensional heterostructures are a promising, novel class of materials with groundbreaking properties. The possiblity of choosing the many constituent components and their proportions allows optimizing these materials to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Petri Hirvonen , Vili Heinonen , Haikuan Dong , Zheyong Fan , Ken R. Elder , Tapio Ala-Nissila

Effects of three-point direct correlation on properties of the phase field crystal (PFC) modeling are examined, for the control of various ordered and disordered phases and their coexistence in both three-dimensional and two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-15 Zi-Le Wang , Zhirong Liu , Wenhui Duan , Zhi-Feng Huang

A new isotropic magneto-elastic phase field crystal (PFC) model to study the relation between morphological structure and magnetic properties of pure ferromagnetic solids is introduced. Analytic calculations were used to determine the phase…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-16 Niloufar Faghihi , Nikolas Provatas , K. R. Elder , Martin Grant , Mikko Karttunen

Using a generalized order parameter gradient expansion within density functional theory, we derive a phase-field-crystal model for liquid crystals composed by apolar particles in three spatial dimensions. Both the translational density and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-01-28 Raphael Wittkowski , Hartmut Löwen , Helmut R. Brand

We derive a phase field crystal model that couples the diffusive evolution of a microscopic structure with the fast dynamics of a macroscopic velocity field, explicitly accounting for the relaxation of elastic excitations. This model…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-26 Vidar Skogvoll , Marco Salvalaglio , Luiza Angheluta

Phase field crystals (PFC) are a tool for simulating materials at the atomic level. They combine the small length-scale resolution of molecular dynamics (MD) with the ability to simulate dynamics on mesoscopic time scales. We show how PFC…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 P. F. Tupper , Martin Grant

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

We apply the phase field crystal model to study the structure and energy of symmetric tilt grain boundaries of bcc iron in 3D. The parameters for the model are obtained by using a recently developed eight-order fitting scheme [A. Jaatinen…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-06-29 A. Jaatinen , C. V. Achim , K. R. Elder , T. Ala-Nissila

The primary factors controlling defect stability in phase-field crystal (PFC) models are examined, with illustrative examples involving several existing variations of the model. Guidelines are presented for constructing models with stable…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-11 Joel Berry , Nikolas Provatas , Jörg Rottler , Chad W. Sinclair

A continuum field theory approach is presented for modeling elastic and plastic deformation, free surfaces and multiple crystal orientations in non-equilibrium processing phenomena. Many basic properties of the model are calculated…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 K. R. Elder , Martin Grant

A nonlocal phase-field crystal (NPFC) model is presented as a nonlocal counterpart of the local phase-field crystal (LPFC) model and a special case of the structural PFC (XPFC) derived from classical field theory for crystal growth and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Qiang Du , Kai Wang , Jiang Yang

Comprehensive investigations of crystalline systems often require methods bridging atomistic and continuum scales. In this context, coarse-grained mesoscale approaches are of particular interest as they allow the examination of large…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-13 Marco Salvalaglio , Ken R. Elder

Using a phase field crystal model we study the structure and dynamics of a drop of colloidal suspension during evaporation of the solvent. We model an experimental system where contact line pinning of the drop on the substrate is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-09-06 Nirmalendu Ganai , Arnab Saha , Surajit Sengupta