Daw and Baskes have proposed the embedded atom method based on density functional theory. Embedded atom method has been applied to investigate the thermodynamic properties of alloys successfully.

• 最早由美国科学家Daw和Baskes提出的嵌入原子方法(EAM)理论，经过不断地发展和完善，已经成功地应用于对金属及合金热力学性质的模拟。