Predicting Surface Energies and Particle Morphologies of Boehmite (γ-AlOOH) from Density Functional Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (19) ◽  
pp. 10400-10412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Micah P. Prange ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Mark E. Bowden ◽  
Zhizhang Shen ◽  
Eugene S. Ilton ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 937 ◽  
pp. 113-117
Author(s):  
Feng Yuan ◽  
Shi Xiang Lu ◽  
Wen Guo Xu ◽  
Hai Feng Zhang ◽  
Tao Ning

First-principles calculations based on density functional theory have been used to study the surface energies of the rutile TiO2(110) and (011)-2×1 surfaces. We investigate the effect of the slab thickness on the predicted surface energy and find that slab thicknesses of at least 5 layers are necessary to converge the surface energy to within 0.01 J/m2for both rutile TiO2(110) and (011)-2×1 surfaces. For the rutile TiO2(110) surface, it should be noted that the surface energy oscillates with the number of layers (odd-even oscillations). However, the calculated surface energies of the rutile TiO2(011)-2×1 surface are closer to the linear relationship for the number of layers larger than 4. Finally, our calculated results indicate that the rutile TiO2(011)-2×1 surface has a significantly higher surface energy than the rutile TiO2(110) surface.


2000 ◽  
Vol 634 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kavarnos ◽  
Roger Richards

ABSTRACTComputations involving density functional theory have been performed on lead magnesium niobate (PMN) single crystal models in an effort to calculate their surface energies, which are believed to play a role in brittle fracture mechanisms. To establish credibility of this approach, test calculations were performed on MgO and SiC single crystal models. The surface energy of MgO was determined to be 1.2 J/m2, which is in close agreement with the experimental value. Similarly, the value for SiC, 8.03 J/m2, supported a level of confidence with this methodology. Surface energies were calculated for several simple perovskites and several PMN models. The calculated values suggest that changes in the A-site ion of PMN do not result in any significant changes in the surface energies.


2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 2211-2220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago L. P. Galvão ◽  
Cristina S. Neves ◽  
Mikhail L. Zheludkevich ◽  
José R. B. Gomes ◽  
João Tedim ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 7820-7832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriram Goverapet Srinivasan ◽  
Radha Shivaramaiah ◽  
Paul R. C. Kent ◽  
Andrew G. Stack ◽  
Richard Riman ◽  
...  

Rational design of bastnäsite specific collector molecules must exploit its surface structural features.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (44) ◽  
pp. 24478-24488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Gleditzsch ◽  
Marc Jäger ◽  
Lukáš F. Pašteka ◽  
Armin Shayeghi ◽  
Rolf Schäfer

In depth analysis of doping effects on the geometric and electronic structure of tin clusters via electric beam deflection, numerical trajectory simulations and density functional theory.


2000 ◽  
Vol 98 (20) ◽  
pp. 1639-1658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan He, Jurgen Grafenstein, Elfi Kraka,

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