scholarly journals Can We Predict the Pressure Induced Phase Transition of Urea? Application of Quantum Molecular Dynamics

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Mazurek ◽  
Łukasz Szeleszczuk ◽  
Dariusz Maciej Pisklak
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Geometry Optimization ◽  
Stable Form ◽  
Quantum Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Polymorphic Phase Transition ◽  
Cell Dimensions ◽  
Crystalline Urea ◽  
Unit Cell Dimensions

Crystalline urea undergoes polymorphic phase transition induced by high pressure. Form I, which is the most stable form at normal conditions and Form IV, which is the most stable form at 3.10 GPa, not only crystallize in various crystal systems but also differ significantly in the unit cell dimensions. The aim of this study was to determine if it is possible to predict polymorphic phase transitions by optimizing Form I at high pressure and Form IV at low pressure. To achieve this aim, a large number of periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed using CASTEP. After geometry optimization of Form IV at 0 GPa Form I was obtained, performing energy minimization of Form I at high pressure did not result in Form IV. However, employing quantum molecular isothermal–isobaric (NPT) dynamics calculations enabled to accurately predict this high-pressure transformation. This study shows the potential of different approaches in predicting the polymorphic phase transition and points to the key factors that are necessary to achieve the success.

The high-pressure cadmium borate Cd6B22O39·H2O

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Sohr ◽  
Nina Ciaghi ◽  
Klaus Wurst ◽  
Hubert Huppertz
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
High Pressure High Temperature ◽  
Cell Dimensions ◽  
Temperature Experiment ◽  
Unit Cell Dimensions ◽  
Ir And Raman

AbstractSingle crystals of the hydrous cadmium borate Cd6B22O39·H2O were obtained through a high-pressure/high-temperature experiment at 4.7 GPa and 1000 °C using a Walker-type multianvil apparatus. CdO and partially hydrolyzed B2O3 were used as starting materials. A single crystal X-ray diffraction study has revealed that the structure of Cd6B22O39·H2O is similar to that of the type M6B22O39·H2O (M=Fe, Co). Layers of corner-sharing BO4 groups are interconnected by BO3 groups to form channels containing the metal cations, which are six- and eight-fold coordinated by oxygen atoms. The compound crystallizes in the space group Pnma (no. 62) [R1=0.0379, wR2=0.0552 (all data)] with the unit cell dimensions a=1837.79(5), b=777.92(2), c=819.08(3) pm, and V=1171.00(6) Å3. The IR and Raman spectra reflect the structural characteristics of Cd6B22O39·H2O.

scholarly journals Ab Initio High-Pressure Study of Semiconductor-Metal Phase Transition of the Chalcogenide Compound KPSe6

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Jomo ◽  
C. O. Otieno ◽  
P. W. O. Nyawere
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Basis Sets ◽  
Metal Phase ◽  
Generalized Gradient ◽  
Energy Calculations ◽  
Metal Phase Transition ◽  
Chalcogenide Compound

We report the results of pressure-induced semiconductor-metal phase transition of the semiconducting chalcogenide compound KPSe6 under high pressure using the ab initio methods. The ground-state energy calculations were performed within density functional theory and the generalized gradient approximation using the pseudopotential method with plane-wave basis sets. The projector augmented-wave (PAW) pseudopotentials were used in our calculation. The optimized lattice parameters were found from total energy calculations as 13 Bohr, 1.6 Bohr, and 1.8 Bohr for cell dimensions one, two, and three, respectively, which are in good agreement with experimental calculations. At zero pressure, the material portrayed a semiconducting property with a direct bandgap of ≈1.7 eV. As we subjected the material to pressure, the band gap was observed to reduce until it disappeared. The phase transition from the semiconductor to metal was found to occur at ∼45 GPa, implying that the material underwent metallization as pressure was increased further.

scholarly journals DFT Calculations of the Structural, Mechanical, and Electronic Properties of TiV Alloy Under High Pressure

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Yu ◽  
Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
Structural Phase Transition ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Applied Pressure ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
The Density Functional Theory ◽  
Dimensionless Ratio

A calculation program based on the density functional theory (DFT) is applied to study the structural, mechanical, and electronic properties of TiV alloys with symmetric structure under high pressure. We calculate the dimensionless ratio, elastic constants, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, ductile-brittle transition, material anisotropy, and Poisson’s ratio as functions of applied pressure. Results suggest that the critical pressure of structural phase transition is 42.05 GPa for the TiV alloy, and structural phase transition occurs when the applied pressure exceeds 42.05 GPa. High pressure can improve resistance to volume change, as well as the ductility and atomic bonding, but the strongest resistances to elastic and shear deformation occur at P = 5   GPa for TiV alloy. Furthermore, the results of the density of states (DOS) indicate that the TiV alloy presents metallicity. High pressure disrupts the structural stability of the TiV alloy with symmetry, thereby inducing structural phase transition.

scholarly journals Persistence of the stereochemical activity of the Bi3+ lone electron pair in Bi2Ga4O9 up to 50 GPa and crystal structure of the high-pressure phase

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Friedrich ◽  
Erick A. Juarez-Arellano ◽  
Eiken Haussühl ◽  
Reinhard Boehler ◽  
Björn Winkler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Lone Electron Pair ◽  
Electron Pair ◽  
High Pressure Phase ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Pressure Phase ◽  
Stereochemical Activity

The crystal structure of the high-pressure phase of bismuth gallium oxide, Bi2Ga4O9, was determined up to 30.5 (5) GPa from in situ single-crystal in-house and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Structures were refined at ambient conditions and at pressures of 3.3 (2), 6.2 (3), 8.9 (1) and 14.9 (3) GPa for the low-pressure phase, and at 21.4 (5) and 30.5 (5) GPa for the high-pressure phase. The mode-Grüneisen parameters for the Raman modes of the low-pressure structure and the changes of the modes induced by the phase transition were obtained from Raman spectroscopic measurements. Complementary quantum-mechanical calculations based on density-functional theory were performed between 0 and 50 GPa. The phase transition is driven by a large spontaneous displacement of one O atom from a fully constrained position. The density-functional theory (DFT) model confirmed the persistence of the stereochemical activity of the lone electron pair up to at least 50 GPa in accordance with the crystal structure of the high-pressure phase. While the stereochemcial activity of the lone electron pair of Bi^{3+} is reduced at increasing pressure, a symmetrization of the bismuth coordination was not observed in this pressure range. This shows an unexpected stability of the localization of the lone electron pair and of its stereochemical activity at high pressure.

Effect of pressure on phase transitions in K1−xNaxMnF3(x = 0.04)

1999 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Åsbrink ◽  
A. Waśkowska ◽  
H. G. Krane ◽  
L. Gerward ◽  
J. Staun Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Parent Compound ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Effect Of Pressure ◽  
Cell Dimensions ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Diamond Anvil ◽  
Na Ions ◽  
Unit Cell Dimensions

The pressure-induced phase transition sequence in the title compound, potassium sodium fluoromanganate, has been investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation and a diamond anvil pressure cell. Na^+ ions at 4% of the K^+ sites shift the ferrodistortive phase transition to the lower pressure P_{c1} of 2.75 (5) GPa compared to 3.12 GPa in the parent compound KMnF3. The transition is illustrated by the critical behaviour of the unit-cell dimensions, the pressure-dependent evolution of the MnF_6 ^- octahedral rotation and related macroscopic spontaneous strain. As far as precision of the present experiment allows, the observations show that the 4% of Na^+ admixture at the K^+ sites does not substantially change the nature of the transition at P_{c1}. The main effect of pressure is to stabilize the tetragonal phase II. The expected further evolution of the MnF_6 ^- octahedral tiltings, leading to the orthorhombic and monoclinic phases, has not been observed up to 8.33 GPa.

Pressure Driven Structural Phase Transition in EuTaO4: Experimental and First Principles Investigations

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saheli Banerjee ◽  
Alka B Garg ◽  
H. K. Poswal
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Polycrystalline Sample ◽  
High Pressure Phase ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Volume Data ◽  
Pressure Phase

Abstract In this article we report the synthesis, characterization and high pressure investigation on technologically important, rare earth orthotantalate, EuTaO4. Single phase polycrystalline sample of EuTaO4 has been synthesized by solid state reaction method adopting monoclinic M'-type fergusonite phase with space group P2/c. Structural and vibrational properties of synthesized compound are investigated using synchrotron based x-ray powder diffraction, and Raman spectroscopic techniques respectively. Both the techniques show presence of an isostructural, first order, reversible phase transition near 17 GPa. Bulk modulus obtained by fitting the experimental pressure volume data for low pressure and high pressure phase is 136.0(3) and 162.8(21) GPa. High pressure phase is accompanied by an increase in coordination number around Ta atom from 6 to 8. First principles calculations under the frame work of density functional theory (DFT) also predicts the isostructural phase transition and change in coordination around Ta atom, corroborating the experimental findings.

Structure and Phase Transition of [(CH2OH)3CNH3]2SiF6

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 121-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kosturek ◽  
Z. Czapla ◽  
A. Waskowska
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Optical Observations ◽  
Linear Birefringence ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Dsc Measurements ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
Cell Dimensions ◽  
Unit Cell Dimensions ◽  
First Order Phase

Single crystals of (TRIS)2SiF6 were grown and characterised by X-ray analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and optical investigations. They were bond to be trigonal, space group P3̅, with the unit cell dimensions a = 7.699(1), c = 7.818(2) Å . The SiF2-6 anions, located in large cavities formed by hydrogen bonded cations, are strongly disordered at room temperature. The DSC measurements revealed a first-order phase transition at TC ≈ 177 K with a hysteresis of 4 K. The nature of the transition was confirmed by a sharp increase of the linear birefringence below TC. Optical observations under a polarizing microscope showed a domain structure of the low temperature phase, characteristic of ferroelastic materials

Density functional calculations of the structure of crystalline urea under high pressure

2000 ◽  
Vol 316 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 297-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S Miao ◽  
V.E Van Doren ◽  
R Keuleers ◽  
H.O Desseyn ◽  
C Van Alsenoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Density Functional Calculations ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Crystalline Urea
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