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  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to computational materials science, particularly in the areas of dislocation dynamics and crystal plasticity

Overview

Vasily V. Bulatov is affiliated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions to the fields of materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist has authored numerous papers emphasizing advanced modeling and experimental techniques in materials science. Some notable recent publications include:

  • Roadmap on multiscale materials modeling, 2020, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
  • Atomistic insights into metal hardening, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Crystal plasticity model of BCC metals from large-scale MD simulations, 2023, Acta Materialia
  • Sweep-tracing algorithm: in silico slip crystallography and tension-compression asymmetry in BCC metals, 2022, Materials Theory
  • Enhanced mobility of dislocation network nodes and its effect on dislocation multiplication and strain hardening, 2024, Acta Materialia

The topics explored by Bulatov encompass machine learning applications in materials science, microstructure and mechanical properties, metal and thin film mechanics, advanced materials characterization techniques, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, protein structure and dynamics, and advanced materials and composites.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bulatov include:

  • Nicolas Bertin
  • Babak Sadigh
  • Wei Cai
  • Fei Zhou
  • Sylvie Aubry

Bulatov's work is published in multiple high-impact venues, with frequent appearances in arXiv (Cornell University), Acta Materialia, npj Computational Materials, Nature Materials, and Computational Materials Science.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2005, noted specifically for contributions to computational materials science, especially in dislocation dynamics and crystal plasticity.

Best Publications

  • Automated identification and indexing of dislocations in crystal interfaces

    Alexander Stukowski;Vasily V Bulatov;Athanasios Arsenlis

  • Computer simulations of dislocations

    Vasily V. Bulatov;Wei Cai

  • Interatomic potential for silicon defects and disordered phases

    João F. Justo;Martin Z. Bazant;Efthimios Kaxiras;V. V. Bulatov

  • Enabling strain hardening simulations with dislocation dynamics

    Athanasios Arsenlis;Wei Cai;Meijie Tang;Moono Rhee

  • A non-singular continuum theory of dislocations

    Wei Cai;Athanasios Arsenlis;Christopher R. Weinberger;Vasily V. Bulatov

  • Probing the limits of metal plasticity with molecular dynamics simulations

    Luis A. Zepeda-Ruiz;Alexander Stukowski;Tomas Oppelstrup;Vasily V. Bulatov

  • Connecting atomistic and mesoscale simulations of crystal plasticity

    Vasily Bulatov;Farid F. Abraham;Ladislas Kubin;Benoit Devincre

  • Dislocation multi-junctions and strain hardening

    Vasily V. Bulatov;Luke L. Hsiung;Meijie Tang;Athanasios Arsenlis

  • Generalized-stacking-fault energy surface and dislocation properties of aluminum

    Gang Lu;Nicholas Kioussis;Vasily V. Bulatov;Efthimios Kaxiras

  • Dynamic transitions from smooth to rough to twinning in dislocation motion

    Jaime Marian;Jaime Marian;Wei Cai;Vasily V. Bulatov

  • On the evolution of crystallographic dislocation density in non-homogeneously deforming crystals

    Athanasios Arsenlis;David M. Parks;Richard Becker;Vasily V. Bulatov

  • Grain boundary energy function for fcc metals

    Vasily V. Bulatov;Bryan W. Reed;Mukul Kumar

  • SEMIDISCRETE VARIATIONAL PEIERLS FRAMEWORK FOR DISLOCATION CORE PROPERTIES

    Vasily V. Bulatov;Efthimios Kaxiras

  • Minimizing boundary reflections in coupled-domain simulations.

    Wei Cai;Maurice de Koning;Maurice de Koning;Vasily V. Bulatov;Sidney Yip

  • Grain boundary energies in body-centered cubic metals

    Sutatch Ratanaphan;Sutatch Ratanaphan;David L. Olmsted;Vasily V. Bulatov;Elizabeth A. Holm

  • A stochastic model for continuum elasto-plastic behavior. I. Numerical approach and strain localization

    V V Bulatov;A S Argon

  • Chapter 64 - Dislocation Core Effects on Mobility

    Wei Cai;Vasily V. Bulatov;Jinpeng Chang;Ju Li

  • Highly optimized empirical potential model of silicon

    Thomas J Lenosky;Babak Sadigh;Eduardo Alonso;Vasily V Bulatov

  • Atomic modes of dislocation mobility in silicon

    V. V. Bulatov;S. Yip;A. S. Argon

  • Roadmap on multiscale materials modeling

    Erik van der Giessen;Peter A. Schultz;Nicolas Bertin;Vasily V. Bulatov

  • Modeling of dislocation-grain boundary interactions in FCC metals

    M. de Koning;Richard J. Kurtz;V. V. Bulatov;Charles H. Henager

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Cai
Wei Cai Stanford University
Efthimios Kaxiras
Efthimios Kaxiras Harvard University
Gang Lu
Gang Lu California State University, Northridge
Jaime Marian
Jaime Marian University of California, Los Angeles
T. Diaz de la Rubia
T. Diaz de la Rubia University of Oklahoma
Hussein M. Zbib
Hussein M. Zbib Washington State University
Mark Asta
Mark Asta University of California, Berkeley
Umesh V. Waghmare
Umesh V. Waghmare Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

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