Structure and energy of crystal interfaces : II. A simple explicit calculation

Abstract

The variational method developed by Fletcher and Adamson is applied to calculate the energy of the interface between (100) faces of two cubic crystals for arbitrary relative twist displacements and for lattice parameter ratios between 0·6 and 2·0. A simplified interatomic potential is used for this calculation and this shows only a small number of cusped energy minima. Show more