Systematic pathway generation and sorting in martensitic   transformations: Titanium alpha to omega
  Structural phase transitions are governed by the underlying atomic transformation mechanism; martensitic transformations can be separated into strain and shuffle components. A systematic pathway generation and sorting algorithm is presented and applied to the problem of the titanium alpha to omega transformation under pressure. In this algorithm, all pathways are constructed within a few geometric limits, and efficiently sorted by their energy barriers. The geometry and symmetry details of the seven lowest energy barrier pathways are given. The lack of a single simple geometric criterion for determining the lowest energy pathway shows the necessity of atomistic studies for pathway determination. 
D. R. Trinkle (1), D. M. Hatch (2), H. T. Stokes (2), R. G. Hennig   (3), R. C. Albers (4) ((1) Air Force Research Laborator...