First-principles investigation of the Al–Si–Sr ternary system: Ground state determination and mechanical properties

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Garay-Tapia ◽  
Aldo H. Romero ◽  
Gerardo Trapaga ◽  
Raymundo Arróyave
2014 ◽  
Vol 1047 ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bushra Fatima ◽  
Sunil Singh Chouhan ◽  
Nikita Acharya ◽  
S.P. Sanyal

Systematic first principles calculations have been carried out to study the structural, electronic, elastic and mechanical properties of ScNi, ScPd and ScPt using FP-LAPW method within GGA. The ground state properties such as lattice constant, bulk modulus and first order pressure derivates of bulk modulus, were evaluated. The electronic and bonding patterns of these compounds have been analysed quantitatively from band structure and Fermi surfaces. It is clear from band structures that these compounds are metallic in nature. Ductility for these compounds is analysed by using Pugh’s criteria, Cauchy pressure (C12–C44) and Frantsevich rule. Amongst all these Sc compounds, ScNi is found to be most ductile due to the presence of strong metallic bonding.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Yue Cheng ◽  
Xing-Qiu Chen ◽  
Dian-Zhong Li ◽  
Yi-Yi Li

By means of variable-compositional evolutionary algorithms, in combination with first-principles calculations, the compositions, structures and mechanical properties of the W–B system have been theoretically investigated. As well as confirming the experimental observations (including their crystal structures) for the four known compounds W2B, WB, WB2and WB3, the new stable compound W8B7and two nearly stable compounds, W2B3and WB4, have also been predicted in the ground state. The elastic properties and estimated Vickers hardnesses of all these borides have been systematically derived. The results show that, among these borides,hP6-WB2exhibits the largest ultra-incompressibility along thecaxis, with the highestC33value (953 GPa, comparable with that of the most incompressible diamond).hP16-WB3exhibits the highest hardness of 36.9 GPa, in good agreement with the experimentally measured data from 28.1 to 43.3 GPa, close to the superhard threshold, andoC8-WB shows the highest bulk modulus of about 350 GPa. The new stable compound W8B7crystallizes in the monoclinicmP15 phase, with infinite zigzag B chains running parallel to the W-atom layers, resulting in a relatively high estimated hardness of 19.6 GPa. The anisotropic Young's modulusEand torsion shear modulusGthave been derived for bothoC8-WB andhP16-WB3. The current state of research and the historic inconsistency of the W–B system are briefly summarized, in particular clarifying the fact that the previous experimentally attributedhP20-WB4is in fact the defect-containinghP16-WB3.


2003 ◽  
Vol 791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Evans ◽  
John D. Joannopoulos ◽  
Sokrates T. Pantelides

ABSTRACTWe report the results of first-principles calculations showing that boron can form a wide variety of metastable planar and tubular forms with unusual electronic and mechanical properties. The preferred planar structure is a buckled triangular lattice that breaks the threefold ground state degeneracy of the flat triangular plane. When the plane is rolled into a tube, the ground state degeneracy leads to a strong chirality dependence of the binding energy and elastic response, an unusual property that is not found in carbon nanotubes. The achiral (n, 0) tubes derive their structure from the flat triangular plane. The achiral (n, n) boron nanotubes arise from the buckled plane, and have large cohesive energies and novel structures as a result.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 514-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kniznik ◽  
P.R. Alonso ◽  
P.H. Gargano ◽  
M.D. Forti ◽  
G.H. Rubiolo

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (100) ◽  
pp. 97641-97649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakeel Ahmad Khandy ◽  
Dinesh C. Gupta

Systematic investigation of the ground state structure, elastic and transport properties, of perovskite oxides REMnO3 (RE = Ce and Pr) has been carried out by first principles calculations. The half-metallicity and ferromagnetism is well explained.


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 797-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arumainayagam Jemmy Cinthia ◽  
Ratnavelu Rajeswarapalanichamy ◽  
Kombiah Iyakutti

AbstractThe ground-state properties, electronic structure, magnetic and mechanical properties of cobalt oxide (CoO) and nickel oxide (NiO) are investigated using generalised gradient approximation parameterised by Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (GGA-PBE) and GGA-PBE+U formalisms. These oxides are found to be stable in the antiferromagnetic (AFM) state at normal pressure. The computed lattice parameters are in agreement with the experimental and other theoretical works. Pressure-induced magnetic transition from AFM to ferromagnetic (FM) state is predicted in NiO at a pressure of 84 GPa. Both these compounds are found to be mechanically stable in the AFM state at normal pressure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahib Hasan ◽  
Khagendra Baral ◽  
Neng Li ◽  
Wai-Yim Ching

AbstractChalcogenide semiconductors and glasses have many applications in the civil and military fields, especially in relation to their electronic, optical and mechanical properties for energy conversion and in enviormental materials. However, they are much less systemically studied and their fundamental physical properties for a large class chalcogenide semiconductors are rather scattered and incomplete. Here, we present a detailed study using well defined first-principles calculations on the electronic structure, interatomic bonding, optical, and mechanical properties for 99 bulk chalcogenides including thirteen of these crytals which have never been calculated. Due to their unique composition and structures, these 99 bulk chalcogenides are divided into two main groups. The first group contains 54 quaternary crystals with the structure composition (A2BCQ4) (A = Ag, Cu; B = Zn, Cd, Hg, Mg, Sr, Ba; C = Si, Ge, Sn; Q = S, Se, Te), while the second group contains scattered ternary and quaternary chalcogenide crystals with a more diverse composition (AxByCzQn) (A = Ag, Cu, Ba, Cs, Li, Tl, K, Lu, Sr; B = Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, In, P, As, La, Lu, Pb, Cu, Ag; C = Si, Ge, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, Zr, Hf, Ga, In; Q = S, Se, Te; $$\hbox {x} = 1$$ x = 1 , 2, 3; $$\hbox {y} = 0$$ y = 0 , 1, 2, 5; $$\hbox {z} = 0$$ z = 0 , 1, 2 and $$\hbox {n} = 3$$ n = 3 , 4, 5, 6, 9). Moreover, the total bond order density (TBOD) is used as a single quantum mechanical metric to characterize the internal cohesion of these crystals enabling us to correlate them with the calculated properties, especially their mechanical properties. This work provides a very large database for bulk chalcogenides crucial for the future theoretical and experimental studies, opening opportunities for study the properties and potential application of a wide variety of chalcogenides.


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