The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory

By Alex Bartol1; R. Edwin García1; David R. Ely1; Jon Guyer2

1. Purdue University 2. National Institute of Standards and Technology

web interface to develop, modify, and execute FiPy, Gibbs, and other python-based applications

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Version 2.2 - published on 01 May 2015

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Abstract

The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory (VKML) is a web environment to develop microstructural evolution models by using FiPy, a powerful set of python-based libraries to write Partial Differential Equations. A basic set of examples is provided to simulate: a) the electrochemical transport kinetics of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries; b) simple diffusion and spinodal decomposition problems; c) Symbolic Thermodynamics using the Gibbs infrastructure; and d) basic examples to learn how to write a program with a simple GUI. Each example can be readily edited, debugged, and run online. The developed interface also provides a TKInter-based GUI, which enables the user to rapidly prototype flexible interfaces with sliders, menus, and buttons. Other (static) VKML modules are: VKML : Dendritic Growth VKML : Polycrystalline Growth and Coarsening VKML : Spinodal Decomposition VKML : Spinodal Decomposition 3D Gibbs: Symbolic Computation of Materials Thermodynamics

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FiPy http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/

Written in Python www.python.org

Credits

Alexander Bartol and R. Edwin Garcia

Sponsored by

National Science Foundation cooperative agreement EEC-6043750 (2008-2009). Also partially supported by NSF DMR 0805022 (2009-2011), and NSF CMMI 0856491 (2011-2013).

References

Wheeler, Daniel, Jonathan E. Guyer, and James A. Warren. FiPy : User's Guide. 12 Feb. 2007. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Publications

T. Cool,* A. Bartol,* M. Kasenga,* K. Modi, and R. E. García. "Gibbs: Symbolic Computation of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibria." CALPHAD: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry. (34) 393-404, 2010. DOI:10.1016/j.calphad.2010.07.005

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  • Alex Bartol, R. Edwin García, David R. Ely, Jon Guyer (2015), "The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory," https://nanohub.org/resources/vkmllive. (DOI: 10.4231/D3B853J85).

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  1. batteries
  2. battery modeling and simulation
  3. computational materials science
  4. diffusion
  5. lithium ion batteries
  6. NCN Group - Batteries
  7. NCN Group - Materials Science
  8. phase diagrams
  9. phase field method
  10. rechargeable batteries
  11. thermodynamics