Relativistic Calculations of Photoemission-and Leed-Intensities for Ordered and Disordered Alloys: Application to Cu3Pt and Cu5Pt3

1997 ◽  
pp. 245-251
Author(s):  
B. Willerding ◽  
K. Wandelt ◽  
J. Braun
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Alloys

Ordered Intermetallic Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Activity Prepared by an Electrochemically Induced Phase Transformation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Du Sun ◽  
yunfei wang ◽  
Kenneth Livi ◽  
chuhong wang ◽  
ruichun luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Diffusion Mechanism ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Magnetic Devices ◽  
Disordered Alloys ◽  
Ordered Intermetallic ◽  
Intermetallic Nanoparticles

<div> <p>The synthesis of alloys with long range atomic scale ordering (ordered intermetallics) is an emerging field of nanochemistry. Ordered intermetallic nanoparticles are useful for a wide variety of applications such as catalysis, superconductors, and magnetic devices. However, the preparation of nanostructured ordered intermetallics is challenging in comparison to disordered alloys, hindering progress in materials development. We report a process for converting colloidally synthesized ordered intermetallic PdBi<sub>2</sub> to ordered intermetallic Pd<sub>3</sub>Bi nanoparticles under ambient conditions by an electrochemically induced phase transition. The low melting point of PdBi<sub>2</sub> corresponds to low vacancy formation energies which enables the facile removal of the Bi from the surface, while simultaneously enabling interdiffusion of the constituent atoms via a vacancy diffusion mechanism under ambient conditions. The resulting phase-converted ordered intermetallic Pd<sub>3</sub>Bi exhibits 11x and 3.5x higher mass activty and high methanol tolerance for the oxygen reduction reaction compared to Pt/C and Pd/C, respectively,which is the highest reported for a Pd-based catalyst, to the best of our knowledge. These results establish a key development in the synthesis of noble metal rich ordered intermetallic phases with high catalytic activity, and sets forth guidelines for the design of ordered intermetallic compounds under ambient conditions.</p> </div>

scholarly journals Free Energy of Metals from Quasi-Harmonic Models of Thermal Disorder

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Pavel A. Korzhavyi ◽  
Jing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Helmholtz Free Energy ◽  
Complex Materials ◽  
Predictive Capability ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Disordered Alloys ◽  
Thermal Disorder ◽  
Structure Calculations

A simple modeling method to extend first-principles electronic structure calculations to finite temperatures is presented. The method is applicable to crystalline solids exhibiting complex thermal disorder and employs quasi-harmonic models to represent the vibrational and magnetic free energy contributions. The main outcome is the Helmholtz free energy, calculated as a function of volume and temperature, from which the other related thermophysical properties (such as temperature-dependent lattice and elastic constants) can be derived. Our test calculations for Fe, Ni, Ti, and W metals in the paramagnetic state at temperatures of up to 1600 K show that the predictive capability of the quasi-harmonic modeling approach is mainly limited by the electron density functional approximation used and, in the second place, by the neglect of higher-order anharmonic effects. The developed methodology is equally applicable to disordered alloys and ordered compounds and can therefore be useful in modeling realistically complex materials.

scholarly journals ON THE PHONON-INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY OF DISORDERED ALLOYS

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 2469-2529 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.O. ANOKHIN ◽  
M.I. KATSNELSON
Keyword(s):  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Phonon Interaction ◽  
Interaction Kernel ◽  
Generating Functional ◽  
Electron Phonon Interaction ◽  
Self Energy ◽  
Disordered Alloys ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Alloy Part

A model of alloy is considered which includes both quenched disorder in the electron subsystem (“alloy” subsystem) and electron-phonon interaction. For given approximate solution for the alloy part of the problem, which is assumed to be conserving in Baym’s sense, we construct the generating functional and derive the Eliashberg-type equations which are valid to the lowest order in the adiabatic parameter. The renormalization of bare electron–phonon interaction vertices by disorder is taken into account consistently with the approximation for the alloy self-energy. For the case of exact configurational averaging the same set of equations is established within the usual T-matrix approach. We demonstrate that for any conserving approximation for the alloy part of the self-energy the Anderson’s theorem holds in the case of isotropic singlet pairing provided disorder renormalizations of the electron-phonon interaction vertices are neglected. Taking account of the disorder renormalization of the electron-phonon interaction we analyze general equations qualitatively and present the expressions for Tc for the case of weak and intermediate electron-phonon coupling. Disorder renormalizations of the logarithmic corrections to the effective coupling, which arise when the effective interaction kernel for the Cooper channel has the second energy scale, as well as the renormalization of the dilute paramagnetic impurity suppression are discussed.

Charge-transfer effects in disordered alloys: the test case of Al - Li alloys

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (42) ◽  
pp. 7883-7898 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Gonis ◽  
P E A Turchi ◽  
J Kudrnovský ◽  
V Drchal ◽  
I Turek
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Transfer Effects ◽  
Disordered Alloys

Magnetic structures and their stability inMn3Rhordered and disordered alloys

2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sakuma ◽  
R. Y. Umetsu ◽  
K. Fukamichi
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Structures ◽  
Disordered Alloys

Temperature dependence of the thermoelectric power of disordered alloys

1982 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Schiller ◽  
J. Richter
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Thermoelectric Power ◽  
Disordered Alloys

Local environment effects on the electronic structure of disordered alloys

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 2120-2125 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Brouers ◽  
F Ducastelle ◽  
F Gautier ◽  
J Van Der Rest
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Disordered Alloys ◽  
Environment Effects
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