Theoretical analysis of uranium-doped thorium dioxide: Introduction of a thoria force field with explicit polarization
Thorium dioxide is used industrially in high temperature applications, but more insight is needed into the behavior of the material as part of a mixed-oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel, incorporating uranium. We have developed a new interatomic potential model including polarizability via a shell model, and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2015-08-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928438 |