title: Development of a bond-valence based interatomic potential for BiFeO3 for accurate molecular dynamics simulations.
abstract: We present an atomistic potential for BiFeO(3) based on the  principles of bond-valence (BV) and bond-valence vector (BVV) conservation. The validity of this model potential is tested for both canonical ensemble (NVT) and isobaric-isothermal ensemble (NPT) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The model reproduces the ferroelectric-to-paraelectric phase transition in both NVT and NPT MD simulations and the temperature dependence of the local structure in BiFeO(3). The calculated domain wall energies for 71°, 109°and 180° walls agree well with density functional theory results. The success of our simple model potential for BiFeO(3) indicates that BV and BVV conservation provides a firm basis for the development of accurate atomistic potentials for complex oxides.
authors: The Makineni Theoretical Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA.
authors: Shi
authors: S
authors: Liu
authors: Ilya
authors: I
authors: Grinberg
authors: Andrew M
authors: AM
authors: Rappe