Vacancy-formation energies for fcc and bcc transition metals

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© 1995 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Korhonen, T. & Puska, M. J. & Nieminen, Risto M. 1995. Vacancy-formation energies for fcc and bcc transition metals. Physical Review B. Volume 51, Issue 15. 9526-9532. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.9526, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.9526.

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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1995

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en

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9526-9532

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Physical Review B, Volume 51, Issue 15

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We have performed first-principles total-energy calculations for vacancy formation energies in six bcc (V, Cr, Nb, Mo, Ta, W) and six fcc (Ni, Cu, Pd, Ag, Pt, Au) transition metals within the local-density approximation of the density-functional theory. The calculations are done using the full-potential linear-muffin-tin-orbital method employing the supercell technique. The calculated vacancy formation energies are in good agreement with experiments especially for the fcc metals, but in the case of V and Cr the calculated values are significantly larger than the experimental ones.

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vacancies, transition metals

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Korhonen, T. & Puska, M. J. & Nieminen, Risto M. 1995. Vacancy-formation energies for fcc and bcc transition metals. Physical Review B. Volume 51, Issue 15. 9526-9532. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.9526.