Abstract
The ReaxFF can describe the properties of energetic materials(EMs)at equilibrium state,but does not work properly in simulating high-energy particle irradiation process because of its weak short-range interaction.In this paper,a modification was made for such a potential by connecting Ziegler-Biersack-Littmark(ZBL)potential to ReaxFF-lg through comparing to Density Functional Theory(DFT)results to accurately describe short-range interactions.After modification,the newly fitted ReaxFF-lg/ZBL potential predicts better the equation of state for EMs In displacement cascade simulations,comparing to results from ab initio molecular dynamics(AIMD),ReaxFF-lg/ZBL presented the similar transferred en-ergy from a primary knock-on atom to surrounding atoms,better than the original ReaxFF-lg potential.Further large-scale displacement cascade simulations indicated ReaxFF-lg/ZBL could be applied for cascade simulations with PKA energy from less than 1 keV to high energy(e.g.35 keV)cases,which is suitable for effectively simulating high-energy displacement cascades in EMs using molecular dynamics method.
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