Nature Communications (May 2020)

Ab initio phase diagram and nucleation of gallium

  • Haiyang Niu,
  • Luigi Bonati,
  • Pablo M. Piaggi,
  • Michele Parrinello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16372-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Exploring nucleation processes of gallium by molecular simulation is extremely challenging due to its structural complexity. Here the authors demonstrate a neural network potential trained on a multithermal–multibaric DFT data for the study of the phase diagram of gallium in a wide temperature and pressure range.