About Me

António Ferreira

Born and raised in Portugal, I'm a Materials Science & Engineering student and Materials Thermodynamics (MSE 3001) teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. My interests range from shape memory alloys, technical ceramics and additive manufacturing technologies, to materials for energy applications and their processing. Outside school, I love to practice Muay-Thai, work out with friends, travel, and read.

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Ternary Phase Diagram


The phase diagram above is generated by The Materials Project. The ground state energies of the compounds selected are calculated by mixing the Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA) and GGA+U approximations to Density Functional Theory (DFT). If you’re interested in learning more about the science behind it and/or generate your own phase diagrams, check out the references below.

  1. Jain, Anubhav, et al. “Commentary: The Materials Project: A Materials Genome Approach to Accelerating Materials Innovation.” APL Materials, 2013. DOI: 10.1063/1.4812323.
  2. Ong, Shyue Ping, et al. “Li−Fe−P−O2 Phase Diagram from First Principles Calculations.” Chemistry of Materials, 2008. DOI: 10.1021/cm702327g.
  3. Jain, Anubhav, et al. “Formation Enthalpies by Mixing GGA and GGA+U Calculations.” Physical Review B, 2011. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045115.

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