scholarly journals Structural and piezoelectric coefficients of AlP under pressure

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Salah Daoud ◽  
Rabie Mezouar ◽  
Abdelfateh Benmakhlouf

The present work aims to investigate the structural parameters and the piezoelectric coefficients of cubic zinc-blende Aluminum phosphide (AlP) under high pressure up to 21 GPa, using plane wave-pseudopotential (PW-PP) approach in the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) and the density functional perturbation theory (DFPT) with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) for the exchange-correlation functional. The results obtained are analyzed and compared with other data of the literature. The structural parameters and the piezoelectric coefficients calculated here agree well with other data of the literature. We found also that both the direct and converse piezoelectric coefficients increase with increasing pressure up to 21 GPa. 

2010 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 619-622
Author(s):  
BOTHINA A. HAMAD

In this work, a theoretical study of the structural, electronic and magnetic properties are presented for Mn 0.5 Ni 0.5 alloyed overlayer adsorbed on Cu (001) surface. The calculations were performed using the density functional theory (DFT) and the exchange-correlation potential was treated by the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The system was fully relaxed except for the central layer, which yields to outward relaxations and inward Mn and Ni surface atoms, respectively in the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic configurations. The in-plane ferromagnetic configuration was found to be more stable than the antiferromagnetic one by 25 meV/atom. The local magnetic moments of Mn atoms were found to be about 4 μ B , whereas those of the Ni atoms where found to be 0.46 μ B .


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650249
Author(s):  
Diwaker ◽  
Ashwani Kumar

In the present work, we report the structural and the electronic properties of the alloy [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Ab initio calculations are based upon the density functional theory with generalized gradient approximation and Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) exchange–correlation functional. In our calculations, we found that antimony (Sb) doping in zinc telluride (ZnTe) system introduces some bands which mainly originate from [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-states of Te and Sb atom and are primarily responsible for [Formula: see text]-type and [Formula: see text]-type conductivity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 2206-2211
Author(s):  
Guo Xun Ji ◽  
Ru Song Li ◽  
Bin He

The radioactive decay of Pu produces He atom, which may form cluster with vacancies or accumulate into He bubble, thus resulting in physical, chemical and mechanical changes. In this paper first principle evaluations of Pu lattice defected with mono-vacancy (or di-vacancy) and He atoms have been performed using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) of the density functional theory and Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) exchange-correlation functional. The simulation results indicate that the density of states (DOSs) of Pu lattices seem stable when He/V (V represents vacancy) ratio is between 2:1-3:1, the partial DOSs of s, d and f states shift in the orientation of positive X axis, while f state peaks disappear around the Fermi level. Total energy per Pu atom in Pu lattice with mono-vacancy (or di-vacancy) and He atoms relative to total energy per Pu atom in perfect fcc Pu lattice nearly remains constant (about 8.18a.u.).


2012 ◽  
Vol 535-537 ◽  
pp. 1291-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu De Yang ◽  
Bo Wu ◽  
Song Zhang

By using generalized gradient approximation (GGA) scheme within the density functional theory (DFT), the electronic and magnetic properties of Hg2CuTi-type Heusler alloy Ti2FeAl were investigated. The results reveal that a 100% spin polarization appears at Fermi level (εF) in Ti2FeAl, and is maintained during lattice range of 5.1Å~6.2Å. Ti2FeAl is one of stable Half-Metallic Ferromagnets (HMF) with a spin-minority gap of 0.5 eV at εF and total magnetic moment of 1μB per unit cell. Our studies also indicate that the competition between RKKY-type indirect exchange and direct hybridization of d-electronic atoms plays a dominating role in determining the magnetism.


2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (10n11) ◽  
pp. 1672-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN P. PERDEW ◽  
STEFAN KURTH ◽  
MICHAEL SEIDL

If the electron-electron repulsion in an atom or molecule were very weak, it could be treated by orbital-based perturbation theory. If this repulsion were very strong, it could be treated in a model of strict correlation. A simple interaction strength interpolation between these two limits, at fixed electron density, can describe the reality that lies between the extremes. By working entirely within a sophisticated density functional approximation, the meta-generalized gradient approximation, we find that the interpolation error is only about 0.1% for the exchange-correlation energy and about 4 kcal/mole = 0.17 eV for the atomization energy. We also find that real systems probably lie close to the radius of convergence of density functional perturbation theory.


2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 3103-3106 ◽  
Author(s):  
You Song Gu ◽  
Jian He ◽  
Zhen Ji ◽  
Xiao Yan Zhan ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
...  

The electronic structures and magnetic properties of Fe-Pt systems were calculated by CASTEP codes, which employed density functional theory, generalized gradient approximation (GGA), Perdew Burke Ernzerh exchange correlation, Pulay density-mixing scheme and Ultra Soft pseudo potential. The band structures and density of states (DOS) were calculated, together with band populations and magnetic properties. The calculated results of α-Fe show the validatiy of this method in predication magnetic properties. It is found that as the Pt concentration increases, Fe 4s and 3d electrons decrease while 4p electrons increase, and the magnetic moment of Fe atom increases. Pt atoms also contribute to the magnetic moment due to polarization. The calculated magnetization agrees with experimental values quite well.


2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 172-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Calaminici ◽  
Marcela R. Beltrán

Density functional calculations of neutral, cationic and anionic nickel octamer are presented. The structure optimization and frequency analysis were performed on the local density approximation (LDA) level with the exchange correlation functional by Vosko,Wilk and Nusair (VWN). Improved calculations for the stability were based on the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) where the exchange correlation functional of Perdew and Wang (PW) was used. For neutral, cationic and anionic cluster several isomers and different spin multiplicities were investigated in order to find the lowest structures. Structural parameters, relative energies, binding energies, harmonic frequencies, adiabatic ionization potential and electron affinity will be presented. The calculated values are compared with available experimental data.


2021 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 03039
Author(s):  
Qiang Wei-rong ◽  
Wang Xiao-mei ◽  
Liu Wei-qi

Based on density functional theory(DFT), using virtual crystal approximation and generalized gradient approximation(GGA)with pseudopotential method, the lattices and energies for five crystallines of vanadium hydrides are optimized and calculated. The phonon densities of states are calculated based on density functional perturbation theory(DFPT). The standard Heat capacities, Entropies, Helmholtz free energies and Gibbs functions of vanadium and its hydride are deduced at 298.15K. The calculated results are discussed and compared with experimental data.


2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (19) ◽  
pp. 1950212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahid Mehmood ◽  
Zahid Ali ◽  
Zainab Hashmi ◽  
Sahar Khan

Perovskites CaPd3B4O[Formula: see text] (B = Ti, V) are studied theoretically using generalized gradient approximation (GGA), GGA-modified Becke–Johnson (GGA-mBJ), GGA with spin-orbit coupling (GGA + SOC) and hybrid functional (HF) in the domain of density functional theory (DFT). The estimated structural parameters are reliable with the experimentally reported data. Cohesive energy and enthalpy show that these compounds are stable thermodynamically. Bonding nature makes known that the chemical bond between Ca/Ti–O is ionic, Pd/V–O is covalent and Ti/V–Ti/V is metallic. The mechanical properties show that these compounds are stable, elastically anisotropic and ductile in nature. CaPd3Ti4O[Formula: see text] is a 2.94 eV direct-wide bandgap semiconductor through GGA-mBJ and consistent with experiments. The optical properties show that CaPd3Ti4O[Formula: see text] is a good dielectric material. The dense electronic states and the wide-gap semiconductor nature of CaPd3Ti4O[Formula: see text] suggest that it can be used as a good thermoelectric material.


2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2475-2478
Author(s):  
M. Salazar-Villanueva ◽  
P. H. Hernandez Tejeda ◽  
J. F. Rivas-Silva ◽  
J. A. Ascencio

Results about stability, electronic structure and characteristic electronic properties are reported for cluster structures based on icosahedra structure with a composition of Ti12X (X = Li to Xe) within the generalized gradient approximation of the density functional theory. It is demonstrated that several elements allow an improvement on the stability of Ti13 by a doping process where the central atoms is substituted. C, Si, P, Co, Ge, Ru and Te lead to the largest gain in energy, while the HOMO-LUMO maximum gap distinguishes to just C, Si, P and Te as the most probable to be found in experimental samples. The analysis included physicochemical study of the most stable clusters to predict chemical affinity and new properties. Results reported here are in agreement with partial studies of Ti12X but because of the considered elements, a new scope is open of possible application mainly in the fields as sensors, catalysis and medicine, where the chemical selectivity is an important parameter.


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