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The point defects and their related physical properties in L10 FePt are investigated by molecular dynamics simulations based on an analytic bond-order potential. The calculated results agree well with the experimental value, indicating that the analytic bond-order potential is suitable to describe the structural properties and surface energies of the FePt alloy in the L10 phase. However, the calculated vacancy formation energy of an Fe atom is higher than that of a Pt atom, which disagrees with some other previously calculated results. This result indicates that the analytic bond-order potential is unable to describe the related point defect properties. The analytic bond-order potential needs to be modified in order to study these defect properties of an FePt alloy.
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Dong, H., Shu, X. & Wang, R. Point defects in L10 FePt studied by molecular dynamics simulations based on an analytic bond-order potential. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 54, 1429–1432 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-011-4354-5
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