Published June 2007
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Journal article
Geometric relaxation of nanoporous metals: The role of surface relaxation
- 1. Materials Science and Engineering Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (United States)
Description
Atomic scale computer simulations are used to probe the dominant mechanisms for the geometric relaxation of bicontinuous nanoporous (np) metals. We utilize a method for creating digital samples amenable to atomic simulations that are quantitatively similar to those prepared experimentally. Simulated relaxations of these structures, as well as the relaxation of model spherical clusters, indicate that the surface relaxation effect dominates the overall dimensional relaxation of np-metals post processing. Capillary effects play a secondary role in the overall relaxation
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2007.02.017;
- PII
- S1359-6462(07)00144-3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Scripta Materialia
- Journal Volume
- 56
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 919-922
- ISSN
- 1359-6462
- CODEN
- SCMAF7
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39039438
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; METALS; POROUS MATERIALS; RELAXATION; SURFACES
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; SIMULATION
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.