Virtual XRD Method in Molecular Dynamics Simulation and a Case Study for Fe16N2 and Fe8N Thin Films

Jianxin Zhu, Jian Ping Wang

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Abstract

X-ray diffractionX-ray diffraction (XRD) (XRD) is one of the central experimental metrology tools in materialsMaterialscharacterizationCharacterization. Molecular dynamics (MDMolecular dynamics (MD)) modeling engine, such as LAMMPSLarge-scale atomic/molecular massively parallel simulator (LAMMPS), provides a powerful computation function to help analyze atomic samples in simulation with a virtual XRD method. The implemented virtual XRD computation is a particularly effective atomic analysis tool in MDMolecular dynamics (MD) study. However, the current version of virtual XRD pattern is calculated as powder diffraction nature even if the atomic sample is highly textured or single crystal. In this research, we developed methods to enable XRDX-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis on crystal structuresStructure such as the highly textured α′-Fe8N and αʺ-Fe16N2Fe16N2materialMaterials system. We showed the verified crystalline textureTexture can be generated, and the refined diffraction patterns with textureTexture correction can be used to analyze the chemical ordering and composition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTMS 2024 153rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1693-1704
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031503481
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event153rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2024 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Mar 3 2024Mar 7 2024

Publication series

NameMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
ISSN (Print)2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)2367-1696

Conference

Conference153rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period3/3/243/7/24

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2024.

Keywords

  • Fe16N2
  • GSASII
  • Iron nitride
  • LAMMPS
  • Molecular dynamics simulation
  • Rare-earth-free permanent magnet
  • Rietveld refinement
  • X-ray diffraction (XRD)

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