Soft bulk modulus at the configurational phase transition in Sm1−xYxS

Author(s):  
T. Penney ◽  
R. L. Melcher ◽  
F. Holtzberg ◽  
G. Güntherodt
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Arunachalam M ◽  
Thamilmaran P ◽  
Sakthipandi K

Lanthanum calcium based perovskites are found to be advantageous for the possible applications in magnetic sensors/reading heads, cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells, and frequency switching devices. In the present investigation La0.3Ca0.7MnO3 perovskites were synthesised through solid state reaction and sintered at four different temperatures such as 900, 1000, 1100 and 1200˚ C. X-ray powder diffraction pattern confirms that the prepared La0.3Ca0.7MnO3 perovskites have orthorhombic structure with Pnma space group. Ultrasonic in-situ measurements have been carried out on the La0.3Ca0.7MnO3 perovskites over wide range of temperature and elastic constants such as bulk modulus of the prepared La0.3Ca0.7MnO3 perovskites was obtained as function of temperature. The temperature-dependent bulk modulus has shown an interesting anomaly at the metal-insulator phase transition. The metal insulator transition temperature derived from temperature-dependent bulk modulus increases from temperature 352˚ C to 367˚ C with the increase of sintering temperature from 900 to 1200˚ C.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 076109
Author(s):  
Min Wang ◽  
Wen-Shu Shen ◽  
Xiao-Dong Li ◽  
Yan-Chun Li ◽  
Guo-Zhao Zhang ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Ashok K. Ahirwar ◽  
Mahendra Aynyas ◽  
Sankar P. Sanyal

The crystal structural, mechanical and thermal properties of UXLa1-XS compound with different concentrations (x= 0.00, 0.08 and 0.40) are investigated using modified inter-ionic potential theory (MIPT), which parametrically includes the effect of coulomb screening by the delocalized f-electrons. Our calculated values of phase transition pressure, bulk modulus and volume change are agree well with the theoretical and experimental data. We have also calculated the second order elastic constants and Debye temperature of these three concentrations.


Author(s):  
R.L. Melcher ◽  
G. Guntherodt ◽  
T. Penney ◽  
F. Holtzberg

2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ono ◽  
J. P. Brodholt ◽  
G. D. Price

AbstractFirst-principles simulations and high-pressure experiments were used to study the stability of BaCO3 carbonates at high pressures. Witherite, which is orthorhombic and isotypic with CaCO3 aragonite, is stable at ambient conditions. As pressure increases, BaCO3 transforms from witherite to an orthorhombic post-aragonite structure at 8 GPa. The calculated bulk modulus of the post-aragonite structure is 60.7 GPa, which is slightly less than that from experiments. This structure shows an axial anisotropicc ompressibility and the a axis intersects with the c axis at 70 GPa, which implies that the pressure-induced phase transition reported in previous experimental study is misidentified. Although a pyroxene-like structure is stable in Mg- and Ca-carbonates at pressures >100 GPa, our simulations showed that this structure does not appear in BaCO3.


Author(s):  
Bo Li ◽  
Weiyi Ren

The phase transition of zinc sulfide (ZnS) from Zinc-blende (ZB) to a rocksalt (RS) structure and the elastic, thermodynamic properties of the two structures under high temperature and pressure are investigated by first-principles study based on the pseudo-potential plane-wave density functional theory (DFT) combined with the quasi-harmonic Debye model. The lattice constant [Formula: see text], bulk modulus [Formula: see text] and the pressure derivative of bulk modulus [Formula: see text]’ of the two structures are calculated. The results are in good agreement with experimental results and the other theoretical data. From the energy–volume curve, enthalpy equal principle and mechanical stability criterion, the transition pressures from the ZB to the RS structure are 16.83, 16.96 and 16.61 GPa, respectively. The three results and the experimental values 14.7–18.1, 16 GPa are very close to each other. Then the elastic properties are also calculated under the pressure ranging from 0 to 30 GPa. Finally, through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, the thermodynamic properties dependence of temperature and pressure in the ranges between 0–1600 K and 0–30 GPa are obtained successfully.


2011 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Wei Sun ◽  
Qi-Feng Chen ◽  
Xiang-Rong Chen ◽  
Ling-Cang Cai ◽  
Fu-Qian Jing

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqi Jin ◽  
Teng Yang ◽  
Shuai Ju ◽  
Haifeng Zhang ◽  
Tae-Youl Choi ◽  
...  

The temperature dependence of the mechanical properties of polyvinyl alcohol-based poly n-isopropyl acrylamide (PVA-PNIPAm) hydrogel was studied from the static and dynamic bulk modulus of the material. The effect of the temperature-induced volumetric phase transition on Young’s Modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and the density of PVA-PNIPAm was experimentally measured and compared with a non-thermo-responsive Alginate hydrogel as a reference. An increase in the temperature from 27.5 to 32 °C results in the conventional temperature-dependent de-swelling of the PVA-PNIPAm hydrogel volume of up to 70% at the lower critical solution temperature (LCST). However, with the increase in temperature, the PVA-PNIPAm hydrogel showed a drastic increase in Young’s Modulus and density of PVA-PNIPAm and a corresponding decrease in the Poisson’s ratio and the static bulk modulus around the LCST temperature. The dynamic bulk modulus of the PVA-PNIPAm hydrogel is highly frequency-dependent before the LCST and highly temperature-sensitive after the LCST. The dynamic elastic properties of the thermo-responsive PVA-PNIPAm hydrogel were compared and observed to be significantly different from the thermally insensitive Alginate hydrogel.


1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Gerward ◽  
J. Staun Olsen

CeO2 transforms to an orthorhombic PbCl2-type structure at a pressure of about 31 GPa. The phase transition is accompanied by a 9.8% volume contraction. The bulk modulus of the low-pressure fluorite-type structure is 236(4) GPa. Comparisons are made with the high-pressure behaviour of UO2 and ThO2.


1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 2205-2210 ◽  
Author(s):  
M-H. Tsai ◽  
John D. Dow ◽  
R.V. Kasowski

The direct energy gaps, Eg, and the indirect gaps at the X point, E(X), of GaAs and AlxGa1−xAs alloys are essentially linear functions of hydrostatic pressure, P. Recent photoluminescence measurements of Tozer et al. for InP under high pressures, however, found that Eg(P) is not quite linear, but bends down slightly at high pressures. Using the first-principles pseudofunction method, we have calculated Eg and E(X) as functions of pressure, as well as the zero-temperature equation of state P(V). Our calculated gap curve for InP, Eg(P), bends down slightly, as found in photoluminescence studies. The slope dEg/dP is 8.8 meV/kbar for small pressures P, and is in good agreement with the experimental value, 8.32 meV/kbar. The observed nonlinearity in the dependence of Eg on pressure for InP is attributed to a large derivative of the bulk modulus with respect to pressure. The calculated bond length, bulk modulus, and critical pressure for a phase transition from the zinc blende to a rocksalt structure, and the unit cell volume change at this phase transition are all in good agreement with the data.


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