Computing Melting Point by Free Eneregy Method

Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai

This tutorial describes how to compute melting points from free energy methods. We provide the MD++ script files and describe how to use them in detail. The theoretical background is published in

Seunghwa Ryu and Wei Cai, "Comparison of Thermal Properties Predicted by Interatomic Potential Models", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 16, 085005 (2008). (PDF).