Reconstruction and stability of Fe3O4(001) surface: an investigation based on PSO and machine learning
Reconstruction and stability of Fe3O4(001) surface: an investigation based on PSO and machine learning
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DOI：
10.1088/1674-1056/acb9e4
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Junfeng Gao
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作者：
Hongsheng Liu;Yuanyuan Zhao;Shi Qiu;Jijun Zhao;Junfeng Gao
Abstract. Magnetite nanoparticles show promising applications in drug delivery, catalysis and spintronics. The surface of magnetite plays an important role in these applications. Therefore, it is critical to understand the surface structure of Fe3O4 at atomic scale. Here, using a combination of first-principles calculations, particle swarm optimization (PSO) method and machine learning, we investigate the possible reconstruction and stability of Fe3O4(001) surface. The results show that besides the subsurface cation vacancy (SCV) reconstruction, an A layer with Fe vacancy (A-layer-VFe) reconstruction of the (001) surface also shows very low surface energy especially at oxygen poor condition. Molecular dynamics simulation based on the iron-oxygen interaction potential function fitted by machine learning further confirms the thermodynamic stability of the A-layer-VFe reconstruction. Our results are also instructive for the study of surface reconstruction of other metal oxides.
