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Yunsic Shim¹, Jacques G Amar

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.

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Three new adaptive methods optimize high temperature in temperature-accelerated dynamics (TAD) simulations for enhanced performance. These methods adapt the high temperature during simulations, achieving results as good as or better than fixed high-temperature simulations.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Computational Chemistry
Surface Science

Background:

Temperature-accelerated dynamics (TAD) simulations are crucial for studying atomic processes.
Optimizing the high temperature parameter (T(high)) is essential for TAD simulation efficiency.
On-the-fly optimization of T(high) can significantly improve simulation performance.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate three adaptive methods for on-the-fly optimization of T(high) in TAD simulations.
To determine a universal scaling function for the optimal high temperature (T(high)(opt)) based on activation barriers.
To assess the performance of adaptive TAD methods compared to fixed T(high) simulations.

Main Methods:

Developed three adaptive algorithms to adjust T(high) during TAD simulations.
Conducted extensive simulations of submonolayer annealing on metal surfaces (Ag, Cu, Ni, Pd, Au) to find T(high)(opt)(E(a)).
Performed adaptive and fixed T(high) TAD simulations for Ag/Ag(100) annealing and growth at 80 K.

Main Results:

All five metals studied showed a universal scaling curve for T(high)(opt)(E(a)) when scaled by their melting temperatures.
The three adaptive methods performed as well as or better than fixed T(high) TAD simulations.
The final high temperatures in adaptive simulations closely matched the theoretically determined optimal values.

Conclusions:

Adaptive T(high) optimization in TAD simulations is effective and broadly applicable.
A universal scaling law for optimal high temperature exists for different metals and surfaces.
Adaptive TAD methods offer a significant performance improvement over traditional fixed T(high) approaches.