Structural and Anisotropic Elastic Properties of Hexagonal YMnO3 in Low Symmetry Determined by First-Principles Calculations

2019 ◽  
Vol 297 ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhakim Chadli ◽  
Mohamed Halit ◽  
Brahim Lagoun ◽  
Ferhat Mohamedi ◽  
Said Maabed ◽  
...  

The structural, elastic and anisotropic properties for rare earth manganites compound YMnO3 in ferromagnetic state with hexagonal structure, have been investigated using the ab initio calculations based on the density functional theory, this calculations were based on the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The agreement of the DFT (FP-LAPW) calculations including internal atomic relaxations, with the experimental data is very good. Other relevant quantities such as elastic constants, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, anisotropy factors, sound velocity, and Debye temperature have been calculated and discussed.

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1850129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahram Yalameha ◽  
Aminollah Vaez

In this paper, thermodynamic and elastic properties of the AlNi and AlNi3 were investigated using density functional theory (DFT). The full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave (APW) in the framework of the generalized gradient approximation as used as implemented in the Wien2k package. The temperature dependence of thermal expansion coefficient, bulk modulus and heat capacity in a wide range of temperature (0–1600 K) were investigated. The calculated elastic properties of the compounds show that both intermetallic compounds of AlNi and AlNi3 have surprisingly negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR). The results were compared with other experimental and computational data.


Author(s):  
Deepika Shrivastava ◽  
Sankar P. Sanyal

The structural, electronic and elastic properties of CeTl with CsCl-type B2 structure have been investigated using full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method based on density functional theory (DFT) within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) for exchange and correlation potential. The ground state properties such as lattice constant, bulk modulus and pressure derivative of bulk modulus have been calculated which are in good agreement with available experimental data. The band structure and density of state depict that 4f electrons of Ce element have dominant character in electronic conduction and are responsible for metallic character of CeTl. The charge density plot reveals that the metallic as well as ionic bonding exist between Ce and Tl atoms. The calculated elastic constants indicate that CeTl is mechanically stable in cubic B2 phase and found to be ductile in nature.


2014 ◽  
Vol 925 ◽  
pp. 390-395
Author(s):  
Noureddine Amrane ◽  
Maamar Benkraouda

We present a systematic and comparative study of the electronic properties of CeX monochalcogenides, The density of state (DOS) and electronic band structure of CeX (X=S, Se, Te) have been calculated using the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave (FP-LAPW) + local orbital (lo) method based on the density functional theory (DFT), which is implemented in WIEN2k code. The trends in the high pressure behavior of these systems are discussed. Four approximations for the exchange-correlation functional have been used, the GGA's of Perdew-Burke-Ernzherhof. (PBE08) , Engel-Vosko (EV93), a modified version of the exchange potential proposed by Becke and Johnson (MBJ), and LDA+U is used to calculate the band gaps at different pressures. All methods allow for a description of the Ce f electrons as either localized or delocalized, it is found that the underestimations of the bandgap by means of LDA-GGA and Engel-Vosko are considerably improved by using the modified Becke-Johnson (MBJ) potential for all compounds in the series, On the other hand, LDA+U, method gives good results for the lighter chalcogenides, but it fails to give good results for the heavier cerium monochalcogenides.


2001 ◽  
Vol 691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel I Bilc ◽  
Paul Larson ◽  
S.D. Mahanti ◽  
M.G. Kanatzidis

ABSTRACTK2Bi8 Se13 belongs to a class of complex Bi-Te-Se systems which show great potential for thermoelectric performance. This compound forms in two distinct phases α-K2Bi8 Se13 (triclinic with space group P-1) and β-K2Bi8 Se13 (monoclinic with space group P 21/m). In the β-phase, there is substantial disorder at four sites in the unit cell, occupied by two K and two Bi atoms. To understand the electronic properties of these two different phases we have carried out band structure calculations within ab initio density functional theory (DFT) using full potential linearized augmented plane wave (LAPW) method. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) was used to treat the exchange and correlation potential. Spin-orbit interaction (SOI) was incorporated using a second variational procedure. The α. phase is found to be a semiconductor with an indirect band gap of 0.47eV. For the β-phase we have chosen two different ordered structures. The system is a semi-metal for one of the structures whereas for the other, it is a narrow gap semiconductor with a gap of 0.38eV in the absence of SOI, but the gap collapses and the system becomes a semimetal with low density of states at the Fermi energy when SOI is included.


2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 3319-3324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Hoon Jang ◽  
In Gee Kim ◽  
H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia

Thermodynamic data for the substitution of silicon and manganese in cementite have been estimated using first-principles methods in order to aid the design of steels where it is necessary to control the precipitation of this phase. The need for the calculations arises from the fact that for silicon the data cannot be measured experimentally; manganese is included in the analysis to allow a comparison with its known behaviour. The calculations for Fe3C, (Fe11Si4c)C4, (Fe11Si8d)C4, (Fe11Mn4c)C4 and (Fe11Mn8d)C4 are based on the total energy all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method within the generalized gradient approximation to density functional theory. The output includes the ground state lattice constants, atomic positions and bulk moduli. It is found that (Fe11Si4c)C4 and (Fe11Si8d)C4 have about 52 and 37 kJ greater formation energy when compared with a mole of unit cells of pure cementite, whereas the corresponding energy for (Fe11Mn4c)C4 and (Fe11Mn8d)C4 is less by about 5 kJ mol1. These results for manganese match closely with published trends and data; a similar comparison is not possible for silicon but we correctly predict that the solubility in cementite should be minimal.


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (06) ◽  
pp. 1750033 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Mubarak

This is an ab initio study instituted on the density functional theory (DFT) and the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) calculations that are performed to analyze the mechanical, electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of the cubic MCoF3 compound (M = K and Rb). The studied compounds are found thermodynamically and mechanically stable. Moreover, these compounds are found to be elastically anisotropic and ductile. KCoF3 and RbCoF3 are classified as half-metallic and anti-ferromagnetic compounds. The optical properties are investigated from the dielectric function for the different energy ranges. The thermoelectric properties such as transport properties are determined as a function of temperature using BoltzTrape code in the range of 20–800 K. The present compounds are found to have p-type character. Also, the majority charge carriers are found to be electrons rather than hole. Useful mechanical, spintronic, optical and thermoelectric applications are predicted based upon the calculations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabeer Ahmad Mian ◽  
Muhammad Muzammil ◽  
Gul Rahman ◽  
Ejaz Ahmed

AbstractThe structural, electronic, elastic and optical properties of CsYx I(1 − x)(Y = F, Cl, Br) are investigated using full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The ground state properties such as lattice constant (ao) and bulk modulus (K) have been calculated. The mechanical properties including Poisson’s ratio (σ), Young’s modulus (E), anisotropy factor (A) and shear modulus (G) were also calculated. The results of these calculations are comparable with the reported experimental and theoretical values. The ductility of CsYx I(1 − x) was analyzed using Pugh’s rule (B/G ratio) and Cauchy’s pressure (C12−C44). Our results revealed that CsF is the most ductile among the CsYxI(1 − x)(Y = F, Cl, Br) compounds. The incremental addition of lighter halogens (Yx) slightly weakens the strength of ionic bond in CsYxI(1 − x). Moreover, the optical transitions were found to be direct for binary and ternary CsYxI(1 − x). We hope that this study will be helpful in designing binary and ternary Cs halides for optoelectronic applications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (29) ◽  
pp. 1950362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oum Elkheir Youb ◽  
Zoubir Aziz ◽  
Feyza Zahira Meghoufel ◽  
Bouadjemi Boubdellah ◽  
Djoher Chenine ◽  
...  

The structural, elastic, electronic and magnetic properties of the cubic [Formula: see text] anti-perovskite are investigated by means of the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method based on the density functional theory (DFT). We have used three approximations: the generalized gradient (GGA), the GGA+[Formula: see text][Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is on-site Coulomb interaction correction, and the modified Becke–Johnson (mBJ-GGA). The elastic constants [Formula: see text] show that our compounds are ductile and anisotropic. The results obtained for the spin-polarized band structure and the density of states show a half-metallic behavior for the compounds using the GGA, GGA+[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and mBJ-GGA approaches. These results make [Formula: see text] a promising candidate for spintronics applications.


2007 ◽  
Vol 567-568 ◽  
pp. 77-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Legut ◽  
Mojmír Šob

The ideal tensile strength along the [111] direction in the Fe3Al and Ni3Al intermetallic compounds with the D03 structure has been calculated from the first principles using the fullpotential linearized augmented plane-wave method (FP LAPW) within the density functional theory (DFT). The strains corresponding to the maximum sustainable stresses in both materials were determined and compared. The behavior of atomic magnetic moments as a function of strain was analyzed. The tensile test simulations have been theoretically simulated employing both the local density approximation (LDA) and generalized gradient approximation (GGA) for the exchangecorrelation potential.


2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 941-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Fu Shang ◽  
Ya Wei Wang ◽  
Ming Qiu Tan

The magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) for both Heusler type alloys (AuMnSb and AuMnSn) were studied using the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave (FP-LAPW) method, based on the density functional theory implemented in the WIEN2k code. The differences with previous calculations on the Kerr spectra have been found explicitly. At proper Lorentzian such asδ= 0.4 eV, the calculated Kerr angle of AuMnSn reaches its maxima +0.3° near 0.6 eV and-0.5° at 5.2 eV, respectively while the MOKE spectra of AuMnSb exhibit less prominent Peaks (+0.5° at 0.3 eV, -1.9° at 0.9 eV, -1.0° at 2.4 eV and-2.0° at 5.3 eV). The results on the spectra in this work showed quite a lot differences with all previous all-electron calculations. It is concluded that the contribution from Sb (or Sn) site to the magneto-optical kerr effect is quite crucial in Heuslar alloys.


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