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We propose a metadynamics-based (MetaD-based) approach for constructing the free energy surface (FES) of vacancy dynamics in crystals. In this approach, the vacancy FES can be constructed without explicitly defining a unique vacancy…
We propose an efficient and general strategy of metadynamics (MetaD) for investigating interstitial diffusion in a crystal by exploiting crystallographic symmetry. Assuming complete ignorance of the diffusion phenomenon of interest, the…
Sampling the free energy surface, namely, the distribution of collective variables (CVs), is a crucial problem in statistical physics, as it underpins a better understanding of chemical reactions and conformational transitions. Traditional…
Metadynamics (MTD) is a very powerful technique to sample high-dimensional free energy landscapes, and due to its self-guiding property, the method has been successful in studying complex reactions and conformational changes. MTD sampling…
Metadynamics, a member of the `flat histogram' class of advanced sampling algorithms, has been widely used in molecular simulations to drive the exploration of states separated by high free energy barriers and promote comprehensive sampling…
Atomic transport underpins the performance of materials in technologies such as energy storage and electronics, yet its simulation remains computationally demanding. In particular, modeling ionic diffusion in solid-state electrolytes (SSEs)…
We report a systematic and accurate approach for deriving the bulk free energy surface (FES), a function of temperature, polarization, and strain, from the first-principles density functional theory (DFT) of proper ferroelectrics. The core…
Methods that combine collective variable (CV) based enhanced sampling and global tempering approaches are used in speeding-up the conformational sampling and free energy calculation of large and soft systems with a plethora of energy…
Space resolved concentrations of helium He metastable atoms in an atmospheric pressure radio-frequency micro-plasma jet were measured using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The spatial profile of metastable atoms in the volume…
Ultrafast electron diffraction/microscopy technique enables us to investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of crystal structures in the femtosecond-nanosecond time domain. However, the electron diffraction intensities are in general…
Sampling from discrete distributions with multiple modes and energy barriers is fundamental to machine learning and computational physics. Recent discrete neural samplers like MDNS suffer from mode collapse and fail to sample high-energy…
Molecular dynamics simulations are a powerful tool to study diffusion processes in battery electrolyte and electrode materials. From a single molecular dynamics simulation many properties relevant to diffusion can be obtained, including the…
The mechanism of diffusion in supercooled liquids is investigated from the potential energy landscape point of view, with emphasis on the crossover from high- to low-T dynamics. Molecular dynamics simulations with a time dependent mapping…
Biased sampling methods such as the Temperature Accelerated Sliced Sampling (TASS), which can explore high dimensional collective variable (CV) space, is of great interest in free energy calculations. Such methods can efficiently sample…
Recent developments in vortex particle methods for simulating three-dimensional incompressible flows are presented. A lightweight, dynamic Large-Eddy Simulation model is tested, featuring a dynamic procedure that relies solely on Lagrangian…
Numerical simulations of a partially-premixed, turbulent jet diffusion flame stabilised in a hot vitiated co-flow are performed. For auto-igniting flames, an accurate prediction of flame stabilisation, which depends on a delicate balance…
Large-eddy simulations (LES) of a planar turbulent lean hydrogen-air jet flame at Re = 11000 are performed using a tabulated flamelet model based on mixture-averaged diffusion that incorporates detailed transport, including differential and…
We investigate crystalline thermodynamic stable lithium silicides phases (LixSiy) with density functional theory (DFT) and a force-field method based on modified embedded atoms (MEAM) and compare our results with experimental data. This…
The diffraction of fast atoms at grazing incidence on crystal surfaces (GIFAD) was first interpreted only in terms of elastic diffraction from a perfectly periodic rigid surface with atoms fixed at equilibrium position. Recently, a new…
In this paper, we present a study on how to develop an efficient multiscale simulation strategy for the dynamics of chemically active systems on low-dimensional supports. Such reactions are encountered in a wide variety of situations,…