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Describes energy between atoms

In computational chemistry and computational physics, the embedded atom model, embedded-atom method or EAM, is an approximation describing the energy between atoms and is a type of interatomic potential. The energy is a function of a sum of functions of the separation between an atom and its neighbors. In the original model, by Murray Daw and Mike Baskes, the latter functions represent the electron density. The EAM is related to the second moment approximation to tight binding theory, also known as the Finnis-Sinclair model. These models are particularly appropriate for metallic systems. Embedded-atom methods are widely used in molecular dynamics simulations. Wikipedia →

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  3. Pick up a classic book: Atomic-scale modeling of the structure and dynamics of dislocations in complex alloys at high temperaturesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Analytic embedded atom method model for bcc metalsCited 488 times
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