Machine-learning interatomic potentials enable first-principles multiscale modeling of lattice thermal conductivity in graphene/borophene heterostructures
Mortazavi, Bohayra (Leibniz Universität Hannover. Department of Mathematics and Physics)
Podryabinkin, Evgeny V. (Skolkovo Innovation Center)
Roche, Stephan (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Rabczuk, Timon (Tongji University. Department of Geotechnical Engineering)
Zhuang, Xiaoying (Leibniz Universität Hannover. Department of Mathematics and Physics)
Shapeev, Alexander V. (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	One of the ultimate goals of computational modeling in condensed matter is to be able to accurately compute materials properties with minimal empirical information. First-principles approaches such as density functional theory (DFT) provide the best possible accuracy on electronic properties but they are limited to systems up to a few hundreds, or at most thousands of atoms. On the other hand, classical molecular dynamics (CMD) simulations and the finite element method (FEM) are extensively employed to study larger and more realistic systems, but conversely depend on empirical information. Here, we show that machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) trained over short ab initio molecular dynamics trajectories enable first-principles multiscale modeling, in which DFT simulations can be hierarchically bridged to efficiently simulate macroscopic structures. As a case study, we analyze the lattice thermal conductivity of coplanar graphene/borophene heterostructures, recently synthesized experimentally (Sci. Adv. , 2019, 5, eaax6444), for which no viable classical modeling alternative is presently available. Our MLIP-based approach can efficiently predict the lattice thermal conductivity of graphene and borophene pristine phases, the thermal conductance of complex graphene/borophene interfaces and subsequently enable the study of effective thermal transport along the heterostructures at continuum level. This work highlights that MLIPs can be effectively and conveniently employed to enable first-principles multiscale modeling via hierarchical employment of DFT/CMD/FEM simulations, thus expanding the capability for computational design of novel nanostructures.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2017-0706
Note:	ICN2 is funded by the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya.
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject:	Ab initio molecular dynamics ; Classical molecular dynamics ; Computational design ; First-principles approaches ; Interatomic potential ; Lattice thermal conductivity ; Macroscopic structure ; Multi-scale Modeling
Published in:	Materials Horizons, Vol. 7, issue 9 (2020) , p. 2359-2367, ISSN 2051-6355

DOI: 10.1039/d0mh00787k

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