Phase transition and chemical decomposition of liquid carbon dioxide and nitrogen mixture under extreme conditions

Thermodynamic and chemical properties of liquid carbon dioxide and nitrogen(CO_(2~–)N_2) mixture under the conditions of extremely high densities and temperatures are studied by using quantum molecular dynamic(QMD) simulations based on density functional theory including dispersion corrections(DFT-D). We present equilibrium properties of liquid mixture for 112 separate density and temperature points, by selecting densities ranging from ρ = 1.80 g/cm~3 to 3.40 g/cm~3 and temperatures from T = 500 K to 8000 K. In the range of our study, the liquid CO_(2~–)N_2 mixture undergoes a continuous transition from molecular to atomic fluid state and liquid polymerization inferred from pair correlation functions(PCFs)and the distribution of various molecular components. The insulator–metal transition is demonstrated by means of the electronic density of states(DOS).     

Liquid–liquid phase transition and anomalous diffusion in simulated liquid GeO2

We perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of diffusion in liquid GeO₂ at the temperatures ranged from 3000 to 5000 K and densities ranged from 3.65 to 7.90 g/cm³. Simulations were done in a model containing 3000 particles with the new interatomic potentials for liquid and amorphous GeO₂, which have weak Coulomb interaction and Morse-type short-range interaction. We found a liquid–liquid phase transition in simulated liquid GeO₂ from a tetrahedral to an octahedral network structure upon compression. Moreover, such phase transition accompanied with an anomalous diffusion of particles in liquid GeO₂ that the diffusion constant of both Ge and O particles strongly increases with increasing density (e.g. with increasing pressure) and it shows a maximum at the density around 4.95 g/cm³. The possible relation between anomalous diffusion of particles and structural phase transition in the system has been discussed.     

二十面体团簇的遗传:一个与快凝Cu56Zr44合金玻璃形成能力有关的动力学参数

采用分子动力学方法模拟研究了液态Cu₅₆Zr₄₄合金在不同冷速γ与压力P下的快速凝固过程, 并通过基于Honeycutt-Andersen键型指数的扩展团簇类型指数法对其微结构演变特性进行了分析. 结果表明: 快凝玻璃合金的局域原子组态主要是(12 12/1551)规则二十面体、以及 (12 8/1551 2/1541 2/1431)与(12 2/1441 8/1551 2/1661) 缺陷二十面体. 通过原子轨迹的逆向跟踪分析发现: 从过冷液体中遗传下来的二十面体对快凝合金的玻璃形成能力(GFA)具有重要影响, 不仅其可遗传分数F_i =N_{300 K←Tg}ⁱ/N_Tg 与GFA密切相关, 而且其遗传起始温度(T_onset)与合金约化玻璃转变温度T_rg = T_g/T_m也存在很好的对应关系.     

Effect of Intense Laser Irradiation on the Lattice Stability of Al_2Au

The structural, electronic and lattice-dynamical properties of the intermetallic Al 2 Au at different electronic temperatures have been investigated via density functional calculations. The results of electronic density of state indicate that, although its value changes considerably, Al2Au is still of metal with the increasing of electronic temperature. The acoustic mode of Al2Au gets negative which leads to lattice dynamical instability when the electronic temperature is beyond 1.44 eV. Moreover, with the increasing of the electronic temperature, the vibrational frequencies of the T1u optical mode (triply degenerate) of Al2Au at Γ point decrease first and increase then, the turning point is at Te = 1.40 eV. T2g optical mode at Γ point has a similar situation, but the turning point is at Te = 1.80 eV. The predicted melting temperatures of Al2Au undergo a sharp decrease from 1333K at normal temperature to 1172 K at Te = 1.8 eV after intense laser irradiation.     

Pressure-induced solidifications of liquid sulfur below and above λ-transition

Two kinds of glassy sulfurs are synthesized by the rapid compression method from liquid sulfur at temperatures below and above the λ-transition point. The glassy sulfur has different colors and transparencies, depending on temperature, which may inherit some structural information from the λ-transition. Raman spectrum studies of these samples show that a large fraction of polymeric chains exist in the glassy sulfur, even in the one solidified from T T_λ. We find that a higher compression rate instead of a higher temperature of the parent liquid captures more polymeric chains. Pressure-induced glassy sulfur presents high thermal stability compared with temperature quenched glassy sulfur and could transform into liquid sulfur directly without crystallization through an abnormal exothermic melting course. High energy x-ray diffraction is utilized to study the local order of the pressure-induced glassy sulfur.     

A DISCRETE VARIATIONAL METHOD STUDY ON THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES OF CaMnO3 AND LaMnO3

The electronic structures of the perovskite oxides, LaMnO₃ and CaMnO₃, with various magnetic structures are studied using the first-principles discrete variational (DV) cluster method based on ab initio local-spin-density approximation (LSDA). The ground states of different magnetic phases (including ferromagnetic (FM), A-type antiferromagnetic (A-AFM), and G-type antiferromagnetic (G-AFM)) have been described in this work. The cubic CaMnO₃ with observed G-AFM magnetic order is found to have a 0.1 eV calculated gap. Both FM CaMnO₃ and LaMnO₃ have "half-metallic" character, which is in agreement with other works. LaMnO₃ with both A-type and G-type antiferromagnetic order have metallic band structures. Part of Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion (Q₂ type) has been taken into consideration for A-AFM LaMnO₃. Under Q₂ type JT distortion, the occupied and unoccupied states of O 2p and Mn 3d states move farther away from the Fermi energy. It is also found that the distortion can further stabilize the structure. The density of states and the binding energy of the distorted A-AFM LaMnO₃ are given in this paper.     

Liquid-liquid phase transitions of phosphorus via constant-pressure first-principles molecular dynamics simulations

Pressure-induced phase transitions in liquid phosphorus have been studied by constant-pressure first-principles molecular dynamics simulations. By compressing a low-pressure liquid which consists of the tetrahedral P4 molecules, a structural phase transition from the molecular to polymeric liquid (a high-pressure phase) observed in the recent experiment by Katayama et al. [Nature (London) 403, 170 (2000)] was successfully realized. It is found that this transition is caused by a breakup of the tetrahedral molecules with large volume contraction. The same transition is also realized by heating. This indicates that only the polymeric liquid can stably exist at high temperature.     

Covalent-to-ionic transition in liquid zinc dichloride

We report molecular-dynamics simulations of self-diffusion and structure in a pseudoclassical model of liquid and crystalline ZnCl₂ over a wide region of the pressure-temperature plane. The model parameters are adjusted to reproduce a liquid structure of corner-sharing ZnCl₄ tetrahedra at the standard freezing point and the measured diffusion coefficients as functions of temperature on the sfp isobar. We find that compression first weakens the intermediate-range order of the melt near freezing into a fourfold-coordinated crystal structure, and then drives at higher temperatures a novel liquid-liquid transition consisting of two broad steps: (i) a transition in which the Zn atoms start to leave their tetrahedral cages, followed by (ii) a structural transition from a covalent network of Cl atoms to a dissociated ionic liquid which then freezes into a sixfold-coordinated crystal. Good agreement is found with data from X-ray diffraction experiments under pressure.     

液态铝基合金微观结构及其性质的分子动力学模拟研究

利用分子动力学研究了液态铝基合金Al80Fe20和Al80Cu20在 800~2200K温度范围内的微观结构和性质的变化。扩散系数的计算结果显示两合金有着不同的动力学行为。温度大约1400K以下液态Al80Cu20的扩散系数随温度的变化比Arrhenius关系所预期的要慢些,所得结果与Brillo研究小组的实验结果基本一致。当液态铝基合金的动力学发生异常变化时,其微观二十面体短程序的含量和作用也发生相应的变化。因此,熔体的奇特动力学行为可能由于其微观局域结构短程序随着温度的变化而异常地改变而引起的。     

不稳定原子核β衰变强度的实验测量方法

原子核的β衰变是指原子核放射出β粒子或俘获电子而进行的转变。对β衰变强度S_β(E)的精确测量，对探索不稳定原子核的结构、揭秘恒星核合成过程、验证β衰变理论等方面均存在着重要意义。实验上，为了测量β衰变强度，一种方法是利用β-γ符合测量或者全吸收谱仪对β衰变产物进行直接测量，这种方法可以给出子核在Q_β窗口内的衰变信息。另一种方法是利用在中等能区(100~400 MeV/u)进行的电荷交换反应，如(p,n)或(3He,t)，通过微分截面的高精度测量获得子核的β衰变强度，这种方法可以用于研究子核在Q_β窗外的衰变强度，但是对束流强度有较高的要求，尚无法系统研究产额较低的不稳定原子核。有鉴于此，本文提出对不稳定核素的电荷交换反应总截面进行系统测量，结合核反应理论，这种方法有望约束不稳定核素在质子发射阈下的Gamow-Teller跃迁的总强度。最后简要介绍了已开展和计划开展的工作。     

液态铝基合金微观结构及其性质的分子动力学模拟研究(英文)

利用分子动力学研究了液态铝基合金Al80Fe20和Al80Cu20在800~2200K温度范围内的微观结构和性质的变化.扩散系数的计算结果显示两合金有着不同的动力学行为.温度大约1400K以下液态Al80Cu20的扩散系数随温度的变化比Arrhenius关系所预期的要慢些,所得结果与Brillo研究小组的实验结果基本一致.当液态铝基合金的动力学发生异常变化时,其微观二十面体短程序的含量和作用也发生相应的变化.因此,熔体的奇特动力学行为可能由于其微观局域结构短程序随着温度的变化而异常地改变而引起的.     

Molecular dynamics computation of clusters in liquid Fe–Al alloy

By means of constant pressure molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique, a series of simulations of the Fe₅₀Al₅₀ alloy have been carried out. The atoms interact via semi-empirical n-body noncentral potential. The pair correlation functions and the pair analysis technique is applied to reveal the cluster evolution in the process of quick solidification. By using the bond orientation order parameters, we have measured both local and extended orientation symmetries for computer-generated models of dense liquid and glass. A lot of polyhedra in liquid system, for example, icosahedra, are also obtained. In order to test the reliance of the computation results, corresponding X-ray diffraction experiments have been performed on the material.     

Molecular dynamics study of anisotropic growth of silicon

Based on the Tersoff potential, molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to investigate the kinetic coefficients and growth velocities of Si(100),(110),(111), and(112) planes. The sequences of the kinetic coefficients and growth velocities are μ_((100)) μ_((110)) μ_((112)) μ_((111))and v_((100)) v_((110)) v_((112)) v_((111)), respectively, which are not consistent with the sequences of the interface energies, interplanar spacings, and melting points of the four planes. However,they agree well with the sequences of the distributions and diffusion coefficients of the melting atoms near the solid–liquid interfaces. It indicates that the atomic distributions and diffusion coefficients affected by the crystal orientations determine the anisotropic growth of silicon. The formation of stacking fault structure will further decrease the growth velocity of the Si(111) plane.     

Anomalous Optical and Electronic Properties of CaTiO3 Perovskites

With the help of the first-prlnciples full potential linearized augmented plane wave method, absorption coefficients, reflect/vity, dielectric behavior and electronic properties, including electronic energy bands, density of states and charge density distributions, are studied for the tetragonal and cubic CaTiO3. By considering the thermal expansion effects, an approximate method is proposed for the study of the stability of ground state and a tendency of phase transition, based on the minimum free energy principle. Subsequently, numerical calculations are carried out by using the first-principles perturbation method. We demonstrate that the high-temperature phase is cubic. It is shown that optical spectra in tetragonal phase exhibit single-peak feature and differ from multi-peak character in cubic. We find that strong orbital hybridization results in the co-valent bonds between Ti 3d and O 2p electrons and forms two-type dipoles （Ti-Ol and Ti-02） in tetragonal, while the Ti-O dipoles are identical in cubic. It is argued that crystal structure determines the dipole distributions and leads to some electron states among which the dipole-dipole transit/on forbidden is a key, causing such anomalous optical phenomena with the insulator characteristics. The predicted charge density distribution and the tendency of phase transition from tetragonal to cubic are in good agreement with experimental observations.     

Fluctuation effects in spin diffusion measurements in liquid He

We have measured spin diffusion coefficients of liquid ³He at a frequency of 920 kHz by pulsed NMR. By analyzing our data in the framework of the Leggett–Rice theory we got a spin diffusion coefficient and a Leggett–Rice parameter =λωτ simultaneously at each temperature. On approaching the superfluid transition the spin diffusion coefficients showed a deviation from predictions of the Fermi liquid theory. The deviation at low pressure was larger than that at high pressure. This anomaly may be due to the effects of fluctuations of superfluidity which were recently observed in the viscosity measurement of liquid ³He.     

铜钨合金高温高压性质的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,研究了三种不同比例铜钨合金(Cu3W,Cu W,Cu W3)的基态及高温、高压下的电子结构、弹性性质和热力学性质.弹性常数计算结果表明Cu3W为结构不稳定相,Cu W和Cu W3为结构稳定相,与声子色散曲线得到的结论一致.通过对态密度的分析,发现随压强的增大,金属键键能增大,并且态密度有向深能级移动的趋势.通过准简谐德拜模型和准简谐近似模型分别计算、分析和对比了三种铜钨合金在不同温度和压强下的体弹模量、热膨胀系数、德拜温度和比热容.     

稳态Cu-Zr二十面体团簇电子结构的密度泛函研究

采用第一原理对以Cu为心的低能稳态Cu_nZ_(r13-n)(n=6,7,8,9)二十面体团簇的电子结构进行计算,结果表明:同一化学组分下,以Cu为心的Cu-Zr二十面体团簇中出现的同类原子聚集现象可以增强团簇的稳定性,降低费米能级(EF)上的电子数N(EF),这为低能稳态团簇拥有较小的N(EF)提供了深层次的理论解释.进一步的差分电子密度与Mulliken布居分析得知,Cu-Zr二十面体中共价键与离子键共存,成键态与反键态共存,且团簇在形成时壳层Zr与中心Cu原子是电子的提供者,壳层Cu是电子的获得者.该电荷转移方向是金属玻璃中以Cu为心的Cu-Zr二十面体团簇普遍遵循的规律,不随团簇的化学序参数及化学组分的变化而变化.计算的红外振动谱为实验上准确表征不同二十面体原子团提供了一种新的思路.     

高次柱面反射型太阳能聚光镜的光学设计

提出了一种新型高效太阳能聚光镜, 这种聚光镜用一组特定系数, a₂, a₄, a₆, a₈, a₁₀, a₁₂, a₁₄, a₁₆ 与 C的高次柱面内壁的一部分作为反射镜. 利用高次柱面方程和光反射定律, 推导出了在高次柱面内壁上太阳反射光束的方向矢量与高次柱面系数C, a₂,a₄, a₆, a₈, a₁₀, a₁₂, a₁₄, a₁₆的关系, 通过优化设计这些系数, 可以使入射到高次柱面内壁上的太阳光束反射后全部聚焦在一条与柱面母线平行的宽度很窄的线段上, 形成线聚光. 这组特定系数用粒子群优化算法求得, 并经计算机模拟证明其聚焦效果. 用这组特定系数的高次柱面作为聚光镜, 其对光的压缩比可达148倍, 其线性光斑可作为一种强光源或高温光源. 高次柱面反射镜可由金属或玻璃直接磨制而成, 也可由高次柱面骨架和铺设在骨架上的镀铝聚酯薄膜构成. 关键词： 太阳能聚光镜 高次柱面 多项式系数优化 线性聚焦     

Ab initio study of structural, electronic and optical properties of MnHg(SCN)4 and FeHg(SCN)4

 The structural, electronic and optical properties of MnHg(SCN)₄ and FeHg(SCN)₄ were studied by means of quantum-mechanical calculations based on the density-functional theory and pseudopotential method. The lattice constants can be compared with the experimental values when the effects of temperature are considered. The peaks of partial density of states of S, C, N and Hg of FeHg(SCN)₄ have a tendency of shifting to the higher energy levels relative to those of MnHg(SCN)₄. The distributions of the 3d electronic states in the transition metal atoms show quite large difference and decide different optical properties. We found that absorptional peaks of FeHg(SCN)₄ lag behind those of MnHg(SCN)₄ and the peak in the infrared range has a higher absorptional intensity, which are in accord with the experimental results. By analyzing the distributions and transitions of the 3d electronic states, we explained the different absorption phenomena.     

Dynamical heterogeneity and diffusion in high-density Al2O3·2SiO2 melts

Dynamical heterogeneity (DH) in high-density Al₂O₃·2SiO₂ melts has been studied in a model containing 3025 atoms via molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and at the fixed density of 4.0 g/cm³. Non-Gaussian parameter of atomic species in the system has been found and discussed. We found a clear evidence of the existence of DH in high-density Al₂O₃·2SiO₂, which has specific features differed from those observed in the lower-density one. The most mobile and immobile atoms in the system have a tendency to form clusters and temperature dependence of their mean cluster size was found. On the other hand, diffusion constant of atomic species in the system has been calculated at temperatures ranged from 3150 to 7000 K. Calculations show that at relatively not high temperatures, temperature dependence of diffusion constant shows an Arrhenius law and at higher temperatures it shows a power law: D∝(T−T_C)^γ. Diffusion data of high-density melts have been compared with those for the low-density ones. Diffusion mechanism in the system has been discussed via the temperature dependence of diffusion constant ratio and activation energy. And we found the existence of cooperative diffusion mechanism in the system.