Contact

Dr. Matthias Posselt

m.posseltAthzdr.de
Phone: +49 351 260 3279

Computer Simulations

In order to get a better understanding of atomic-level dynamics, kinetics and thermodynamics in solids under particle irradiation and/or thermal and mechanical load,  atomistic simulations are performed. The main focus is on investigations of iron-based alloys and semiconductor materials.

Research subjects:

  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of defects; Irradiation-induced defect formation
  • Formation and properties of nanoclusters embedded in solids
  • Ion-beam mixing of Si- and Ge-multilayers
  • Epitaxial recrystallization of amorphous Si and Ge layers

Methods:

  • First-Principle Simulations
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Monte-Carlo Simulations
  • Binary Collision Simulations

Publications since 2017:

A. E. Sudheer, G. Tejaswini, D. Murali, M. Posselt: First Principles Investigation on Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of newly designed Janus Lead Halides PbXY (X, Y = F, Cl, Br, I )http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04122 (2023)

A. M. Jakob, S. G. Robson, H. R. Firgau, V.  Mourik, V. Schmitt, D. Holmes, M. Posselt, E. L. H. Mayes, D. Speemann, A. Morello, D. N. Jamieson: Scalable Atomic Arrays for Spin-Based Quantum Computers in Silicon, http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09626 (2023)

D. Radić, M. Peterlechner, K. Spangenberg, M. Posselt, H. Bracht: Challenges of Electron Correlation Microscopy on Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous Germanium, Microsc. Microanal. 29 (2023) 1579

Sruthil Lal S.B, Lokamani, Kushal Ramakrishna, Attila Cangi, D. Murali, Matthias Posselt, Assa Aravindh Sasikala Devi, Alok Sharan: Ab initio insights on the ultrafast strong-field dynamics of anatase TiO2, http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17554 (2023), Phys. Rev. B 108 (2023) 195149

M. Vallinayagam, A. E. Sudheer, A. S. Aravindh, D. Murali, N. Raja, R. Katta, M. Posselt, M. Zschornak: Novel metalless chalcogen-based Janus layers: A Density Functional Theory study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (2023) 17029

N. Raja, D. Murali, S.V.M. Satyanarayana, M. Posselt: Y doping of BaZrO3 may lead to optimum conditions for proton conduction at operating temperature of solid oxide fuel cells: a first principles study, Mater. Res. Express 10 (2023) 065504

D. Radić, M. Peterlechner, M. Posselt, H. Bracht: Fluctuation Electron Microscopy on Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous Germanium, Microsc. Microanal. 29 (2023) 477

D. Radić, M. Peterlechner, M. Posselt, H. Bracht: The Impact of Energy Filtering on Fluctuation Electron Microscopy, Microsc. Microanal. 29 (2023) 189

M. Posselt, H. Bracht, Mahdi Ghorbani-Asl, D. Radić: Atomic mechanisms of self-diffusion in amorphous silicon, http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.07025 (2022), AIP Advances 12 (2022) 115325

D. Radić, M. Peterlechner, M. Posselt, H. Bracht: Treating Knock-On Displacements in Fluctuation Electron Microscopy Experiments, Microsc. Microanal. 28 (2022) 2036

M. Posselt, H. Bracht, D. Radić: Atomistic simulations on the relationship between solid-phase epitaxial recrystallization and self-diffusion in amorphous silicon, J. Appl. Phys. 131 (2022) 035102

S. B. Sruthil Lal, A. Sharan, M. Devaraj, M. Posselt, A. A. Sasikala Devi: Quasiparticle electronic structure and optical response (G0W0+BSE) of anatase TiO2 starting from modified HSE06 functionals, http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03027 (2021), Modified HSE06 functional applied to anatase TiO2 : influence of exchange fraction on the quasiparticle electronic structure and optical response, Electron. Struct. 4 (2022) 045001

A. M. Jakob, S. G. Robson, V. Schmitt, V. Mourik, M. Posselt, D. Spemann, B. C. Johnson, H. R. Firgau, E. Mayes, J. C. McCallum, A. Morello, D. N. Jamieson: Deterministic Shallow Dopant implantation in silicon with detection confidence upper-bound to 99.85% by ion–solid interactions, Online First: October 2021 as Adv. Mater. 2021, 2103235, in a regular volume: Adv. Mater. 34 (2022) 2103235

M. Posselt (Editor): Special Issue "First-Principle and Atomistic Modelling in Materials Science", Materials (2019-2021, 10 articles, 1 Letter. finished on March 17, 2021) Editorial:  Materials 14 (2021) 1469, whole issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/Princ_Model

M. Vallinayagam, M. Posselt, S. Chandra: Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of Mo-based dichalcogenide monolayers locally and randomly modified by substitutional atoms, RSC Adv. 10 (2020) 43035

A. T. AlMotasem, M. Posselt, T. Polcar: Deformation behavior of nanocrystalline body-centered cubic iron with segregated, foreign interstitial: A molecular dynamics study, Materials 13 (2020) 5351

S. B. Sruthil Lal, D. Murali, M. Posselt, A. Sharan: Accurate determination of quasi-particle electronic and optical spectra of anatase titanium dioxide, AIP Conf. Proc. 2265 (2020) 030375

S. Prucnal, M. O. Liedke, X. Wang, M. Butterling, M. Posselt, J. Knoch, H. Windgassen, E. Hirschmann, Y. Berencen, L. Rebohle, M. Wang, E. Napoltani, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, G. Isella, R. Hübner, A. Wagner, H. Bracht, M. Helm, S. Zhou: Dissolution of donor-vacancy clusters in heavily doped n-type germanium, New J. Phys. 22 (2020) 123036

D. Radić, S. Hilke, M. Peterlechner, M. Posselt, G. Wilde, H. Bracht:  Comparison of experimental STEM conditions for fluctuation electron microscopy, Microsc. Microanal. 26 (2020) 1100

X. Wang, J. Faßbender, M. Posselt: Mutual dependence of oxygen and vacancy diffusion in bcc Fe and dilute iron alloys, Phys. Rev. B 101 (2020) 174107

N. Raja, D. Murali, S. V. M. Satyanarayana, M. Posselt: First principles calculations of the thermodynamic stability of Ba, Zr, and O vacancies in BaZrO3, RSC Adv. 9 (2019) 34158

D. Radic, S. Hilke, M. Peterlechner, M. Posselt, H. Bracht: Fluctuation electron microscopy on silicon amorphized at varying self ion-implantation conditions, J. Appl. Phys. 126 (2019) 095707

M. Vallinayagam, M. Posselt, J. Faßbender: Interaction of O–Y and O–Y–Ti clusters embedded in bcc Fe with He, vacancies and self-interstitial atoms, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 (2019) 485702

X. Wang, J. Faßbender, M. Posselt: Efficient calculation methods for the diffusion coefficient of interstitial solutes in dilute alloys, Materials 12 (2019) 1491

M. Vallinayagam, M. Posselt, J. Faßbender: Investigation of structural models for O–Y and O–Y–Ti clusters in bcc Fe: a density functional theory study, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 (2019) 095701

X. Wang, M. Posselt, J. Faßbender: Influence of substitutional atoms on the diffusion of oxygen in dilute iron alloys, Phys. Rev. B 98 (2018) 064103

A. T. Al Motasem, M. Posselt, J. Bergström: Nanoindentation and nanoscratching of a ferrite/austenite iron bi-crystal: An atomistic study, Tribol. Int. 127 (2018) 231

J. Kirschbaum, T. Teuber, A. Donner, M. Radek, D. Bougeard, R. Böttger, J. Lundsgaard Hansen, A. Nylandsted Larsen, M. Posselt*, H. Bracht*: Self-diffusion in amorphous silicon by local bond rearrangements, Phys. Rev. Lett 120 (2018) 225902

G. Bonny, A. Bakaev, D. Terentyev, E. Zhurkin, M. Posselt: Atomistic study of the hardening of ferritic iron by Ni-Cr decorated dislocation loops, J. Nucl. Mater. 498 (2018) 430

A. Bakaev, D. Terentyev, Z. Chang, M. Posselt, P. Olsson, E. E. Zhurkin: Effect of isotropic stress on dislocation bias factor in bcc iron: an atomistic study, Phil. Mag. 98 (2018) 54

N. Raja, D. Murali, M. Posselt, M. S. V. M.  Satyanarayana: High temperature stability of BaZrO3: An ab initio thermodynamic study, Phys. Stat. Sol. B 2017, 254, 1700398

M. Radek, B. Liedke, B. Schmidt, M. Voelskow, L. Bischoff, J. L. Hansen, A. N. Larsen, D. Bougeard, R. Böttger, S. Prucnal, M. Posselt, H. Bracht: Ion-beam-induced atomic mixing in Ge, Si, and SiGe, studied by means of isotope multilayer structures, Materials 10 (2017) 813

M. Posselt, M.  Devaraj, M. Schiwarth: Influence of phonon and electron excitations on the free energy of defect clusters in solids: A first-principles study, Computational Materials Science 127 (2017) 284

G. Bonny, A.  Bakaev, P. Olsson, C. Domain, E.  E. Zhurkin, M. Posselt.: Interatomic potential to study the formation of NiCr clusters in high Cr ferritic steels, J. Nucl. Mater. 484 (2017) 42

A. Bakaev, D. Terentyev, P. Grigorev, M. Posselt, E. E. Zhurkin: Ab intitio study of interaction of helium with edge and screw dislocations in tungsten, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 393 (2017) 150