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Driven alloys in the athermal limit.

Alan C Lund1, Christopher A Schuh

  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|December 20, 2003
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Complex structures form in binary alloys without heat, challenging standard theories for driven alloys. This study proposes a modified theory and simulations, opening new research avenues in nonequilibrium systems.

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Standard theories for driven alloys predict random atomic configurations in the athermal limit, assuming extrinsic forcing is randomizing.
  • However, static molecular simulations reveal complex ordered or segregated structures in binary alloys under extrinsic forcing, even without thermal diffusion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the existing theoretical framework for driven alloys.
  • To propose a modified theory that accounts for complex structure formation in the absence of thermal diffusion.
  • To investigate the physical plausibility of the proposed theoretical modification.

Main Methods:

  • Static molecular simulations of binary alloys under extrinsic forcing.
  • Monte Carlo simulations to test the modified theoretical framework.

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Main Results:

  • Observed formation of complex ordered or segregated structures in binary alloys under extrinsic forcing, defying predictions of random configurations.
  • Demonstrated the physical plausibility of a modified theory incorporating a new control parameter to explain these athermal phenomena.

Conclusions:

  • Extrinsic forcing in binary alloys can lead to complex structures without thermal diffusion, necessitating a revision of current driven alloy theories.
  • The proposed theoretical modification and simulation results offer a new perspective on nonequilibrium dynamic systems.