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Overview

Göran Wahnström is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and physics, with significant contributions in the fields of materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics explored by Wahnström include:

  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science

Their research output includes publications in multiple scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "<scp>dynasor</scp>-A Tool for Extracting Dynamical Structure Factors and Current Correlation Functions from Molecular Dynamics Simulations" (2021), published in Advanced Theory and Simulations
  • "Unraveling the Ground-State Structure of BaZrO3 by Neutron Scattering Experiments and First-Principles Calculations" (2020), published in Chemistry of Materials
  • "Complexions and grain growth retardation: First-principles modeling of phase boundaries in WC-Co cemented carbides at elevated temperatures" (2021), published in Acta Materialia
  • "BaZrO3 stability under pressure: The role of nonlocal exchange and correlation" (2020), published in Physical Review B
  • "Modeling of vibrational and configurational degrees of freedom in hexagonal and cubic tungsten carbide at high temperatures" (2021), published in Physical Review Materials

Wahnström frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Advanced Theory and Simulations

Collaborations with other researchers form a prominent aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Erik Fransson, Paul Erhart, Petter Rosander, Erik Jedvik Granhed, and Andrea Piovano.

Best Publications

  • Peierls barriers and stresses for edge dislocations in Pd and Al calculated from first principles

    J. Hartford;B. von Sydow;G. Wahnström;B. I. Lundqvist

  • First-principles simulations of metal-ceramic interface adhesion: Co/WC versus Co/TiC

    Mikael Christensen;Sergey Dudiy;Göran Wahnström

  • Effect of acceptor dopants on the proton mobility in BaZrO3: A density functional investigation

    Mårten E. Björketun;Per G. Sundell;Göran Wahnström

  • Thermodynamics of doping and vacancy formation in BaZrO3 perovskite oxide from density functional calculations

    Per G. Sundell;Mårten E. Björketun;Göran Wahnström

  • Structure and thermodynamic stability of hydrogen interstitials in BaZrO3 perovskite oxide from density functional calculations.

    Mårten E. Björketun;Per G. Sundell;Göran Wahnström

  • Morphology of WC grains in WC–Co alloys

    S Lay;C.H. Allibert;Mikael Christensen;Göran Wahnström

  • Density-functional calculations of prefactors and activation energies for H diffusion in BaZrO3

    Per G. Sundell;Mårten E. Björketun;Göran Wahnström

  • Co-phase penetration of WC(101̄0)/WC(101̄0) grain boundaries from first principles

    Mikael Christensen;Göran Wahnström

  • Morphology of WC grains in WC-Co alloys: Theoretical determination of grain shape

    Mikael Christensen;Göran Wahnström;S. Lay;C.H. Allibert

  • Mechanisms of plastic deformation of WC–Co and Ti(C, N)–WC–Co

    Gustaf Östberg;Katharina Buss;Mikael Christensen;Susanne Norgren

  • Effects of cobalt intergranular segregation on interface energetics in WC-Co

    Mikael Christensen;Göran Wahnström

  • Motion of nanometer sized magnetic particles in a magnetic field gradient

    Vincent Schaller;Ulli Kräling;Cristina Rusu;Karolina Petersson

  • Effect of TaC on plastic deformation of WC-Co and Ti(C,N)-WC-Co

    Gustaf Östberg;Katharina Buss;Mikael Christensen;Susanne Norgren

  • Vibrational Properties of Protons in Hydrated BaInxZr1-xO3-x/2

    Maths Karlsson;Mårten E. Björketun;Per G. Sundell;Aleksandar Matic

  • Influence of Pt on the metal–oxide interface during high temperature oxidation of NiAl bulk materials

    Henrik Svensson;Mikael Christensen;Pavleta Knutsson;Göran Wahnström

  • Motion of ‘‘hot’’ oxygen adatoms on corrugated metal surfaces

    Göran Wahnström;Ann B. Lee;Johan Strömquist

  • Vacancy concentration in Al from combined first-principles and model potential calculations

    Karin M. Carling;Göran Wahnström;Thomas R. Mattsson;Nils Sandberg

  • Density-Functional Based Modeling of the Intermediate in the Water Production Reaction on Pt(111)

    Gustav Karlberg;Göran Wahnström

  • Transient hyperthermal diffusion following dissociative chemisorption : a molecular dynamics study

    Christer Engdahl;Christer Engdahl;Göran Wahnström

  • The calculation of the thermal rate coefficient by a method combining classical and quantum mechanics

    Göran Wahnström;Benny Carmeli;Horia Metiu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Enoksson
Peter Enoksson Chalmers University of Technology
Hans-Olof Andrén
Hans-Olof Andrén Chalmers University of Technology
Lars Börjesson
Lars Börjesson Chalmers University of Technology
Horia Metiu
Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara
Bengt I. Lundqvist
Bengt I. Lundqvist Chalmers University of Technology
Aleksandar Matic
Aleksandar Matic Chalmers University of Technology
Stewart F. Parker
Stewart F. Parker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Bjørk Hammer
Bjørk Hammer Aarhus University
Eva Olsson
Eva Olsson Chalmers University of Technology
Stefan Gustafsson
Stefan Gustafsson Science for Life Laboratory

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