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Ray Yang1,2, Junchi Chen1, Douglas Thibodeaux1
1Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.
Abstract:
We present FreeBird.jl, an extensible Julia-based platform for computational studies of phase equilibria at generic interfaces. The package supports a range of system configurations, from atomistic solid surfaces to coarse-grained lattice-gas models, with energies evaluated using classical interatomic potentials or lattice Hamiltonians. Both atomistic and lattice systems accommodate single- or multicomponent mixtures with flexibly definable surface and lattice geometries. Implemented sampling algorithms include nested sampling, Wang-Landau sampling, Metropolis Monte Carlo, and, for tractable lattice systems, exact enumeration. Leveraging Julia's type hierarchies and multiple dispatch, FreeBird.jl provides a modular interface that allows seamless integration of system definitions, energy evaluators, and sampling schemes. Designed for flexibility, extensibility, and performance, FreeBird.jl offers a versatile framework for exploring the thermodynamics of interfacial phenomena.
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