A Quantum Mechanical Study of the Thermal Conduction Across a ZrB2-SiC Interface as a Function of Temperature and Strain

Author(s):  
Vikas Samvedi ◽  
Vikas Tomar

Studies on nanocomposites have proven them to be a promising option for various applications based on their excellent thermal and mechanical properties, especially at high temperatures. Such materials consist of heterogeneities in the form of interfaces, grain boundaries, triple junctions, and second phase dispersion. It is, therefore, important to understand the effect of heat transfer across a nanocomposite interface on its thermal conduction behavior. Analyses need to take into account possible phase changes as a function of changes in temperature and thermal stress levels. In the present research, atomistic analyses of thermal conduction across a nanocomposite interface are performed using quantum simulations based on plane-wave basis sets combined with the density function theory (DFT). Analyses of the effect of straining on the nanocomposite property changes are performed to study it as a promising means to obtain nanocomposites with tailored properties.

Author(s):  
Vikas Samvedi ◽  
Vikas Tomar

Atomistic analyses of thermal conduction across ZrB2/SiC based nanocomposite interface are performed using first principles density functional theory (DFT) with plane-wave basis sets. The changes in the thermal properties of nanocomposites have been analyzed under the effect of straining and temperature and compared for their phononic and electronic dependence.


1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvi Rauk ◽  
Saul Wolfe ◽  
I. G. Csizmadia

A survey of the experimental data on the structures of α-sulfonyl and α-sulfinyl carbanions is presented as an introduction to the present work, a theoretical study of hydrogen methyl sulfoxide (HMSO) and hydrogen methylsulfinyl anion (HMSO−) by nonempirical self consistent field (s.c.f.) calculations using Gaussian basis sets. Calculations on dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and its conjugate base (DMSO−) are also presented and fully justify the choice of HMSO and HMSO− for the detailed work. A conformational energy surface (total energy as a function of rotation about the C—S bond and inversion of the carbanion angle) for HMSO− is presented and used to determine the stereochemical fate of a carbanion generated next to a sulfinyl group. Predictions are made concerning the probable course of proton exchange next to S—O and an explanation is offered for the experimental facts concerning exchange in sulfoxides. A very significant finding is that postulation of d-orbital conjugation is not essential to explain the asymmetry of α-sulfinyl carbanions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Raimundo Dirceu de Paula Ferreira ◽  
Marcos Antonio Barros dos Santos ◽  
Maycon da Silva Lobato ◽  
Jardel Pinto Barbosa ◽  
Marcio de Souza Farias ◽  
...  

In previous articles we reported through theoretical studies the piezoelectric effect in BaTiO3, SmTiO3, and YFeO3. In this paper, we used the Douglas-Kroll-Hess (DKH) second-order scalar relativistic method to investigate the piezoelectricity in YTiO3. In the calculations we used the [6s4p] and [10s5p4d] Gaussian basis sets for the O (3P) and Ti (5S) atoms, respectively, from the literature in combination with the (30s21p16d)/[15s9p6d] basis set for the Y (3D) atom, obtained by generator coordinate Hartree-Fock (GCHF) method, and they had their quality evaluated using calculations of total energy and orbital energies (HOMO and HOMO-1) of the 2TiO+1 and 1YO+1 fragments. The dipole moment, the total energy, and the total atomic charges in YTiO3 in Cs space group were calculated. When we analyze those properties we verify that it is reasonable to believe that YTiO3 does not present piezoelectric properties.


2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 456-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Virdi ◽  
V. Gupta ◽  
Archna Sharma

AbstractA systematic quantum mechanical study of the possible conformations, their relative stabilities, vibrational and electronic spectra and thermodynamic parameters of methyl-3-methoxy-2-propenoate has been reported for the electronic ground (S0) and first excited (S1) states using time-dependent and time-independent Density Functional Theory (DFT) and RHF methods in extended basis sets. Detailed studies have been restricted to the E-isomer, which is found to be substantially more stable than the Z-isomer. Four possible conformers c′Cc, c′Tc, t′Cc, t′Tc, of which the first two are most stable, have been identified in the S0 and S1 states. Electronic excitation to S1 state is accompanied with a reversal in the relative stability of the c′Cc and c′Tc conformers and a substantial reduction in the rotational barrier between them, as compared with the S0 state. Optimized geometries of these conformers in the S0 and S1 states are being reported. Based on suitably scaled RHF/6-31G** and DFT/6-311G** calculations, assignments have been provided to the fundamental vibrational bands of both these conformers in terms of frequency, form and intensity of vibrations and potential energy distribution across the symmetry coordinates in the S0 state. A complete interpretation of the electronic spectra of the conformers has been provided.


Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 119940
Author(s):  
Qiang Li ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Jiansheng Zhang ◽  
Weiliang Wang ◽  
Jizhen Liu

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