Effect of Pressure on Electronic Structures and Optical Properties of Rocksalt InN

用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理结合广义梯度近似研究了高压下盐岩相InN的电子结构和光学性质. 计算得到的晶格常数与实验值非常吻合,并发现Γ和X的带隙随压力增加而增大,而带隙在L点却并不明显. 计算出Γ点的带隙的压力系数是44 meV/GPa. 讨论计算得到的InN的光学性质,结合能带结构和电子态密度.     

γ-Si3N4在高压下的电子结构和物理性质研究

采用基于密度泛函平面波赝势方法(PWP)和广义梯度近似(GGA-PW91)，计算了不同压强下γ-Si₃N₄的电子结构、光学性质和力学性质.基于计算结果，分析讨论了γ-Si₃N₄各物理参数随外压力的变化规律.计算表明，γ-Si₃N₄是一种适合于在高压条件下工作的材料.     

压力对六角密堆结构金属锂弹性的影响

 采用密度泛涵理论第一原理赝势方法,利用应力和应变的关系计算了压力下六角密堆结构金属锂的弹性常数。计算结果显示,C₁₂、C₁₃随着压力的增加而线性增加,而压力对C₄₄和C₆₆的影响并不大。在各个压力点C₃₃值都要比C₁₁的值大,表明金属锂在z方向的硬度要比x、y方向的硬度大。还发现在理论预测的结构相变区域,C₁₁和C₃₃有一个跳跃。通过对压缩波各向异性参数Δp和剪切波各向异性参数Δs₁、Δs₂的计算发现,零压下Δp＝1,并且高压下Δp值也接近1,表明压缩时金属锂表现出各向同性。Δs₁、Δs₂值远离1,并且随着压力的增加这种远离趋势不断增强,表现很强的剪切弹性各向异性。还讨论了压力对Cauchy关系和相对弹性常数的影响。     

高压下BeP2N4结构相变和电子结构的第一性原理计算

 基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,计算了硅铍石型和尖晶石型结构BeP₂N₄的总能量随体积的变化关系。利用Brich-Murnaghan状态方程,通过能量和体积拟合,得到了2种结构的体变模量及其对压强的一阶导数。在压力作用下,BeP₂N₄的相变是从硅铍石型结构（空间群R-3,No.148）转变到尖晶石型结构（空间群Fd-3m,No.227）,计算出的相变点与其它理论值符合得非常好。同时计算了BeP₂N₄的相对晶格常数a/a₀和相对体积V/V₀的压缩率,在低压下发现,尖晶石结构BeP₂N₄的压缩率接近金刚石,进一步计算了不同压力下的体弹模量B_H、剪切模量G_H、B_H/G_H和杨氏模量E。此外,对两种结构的BeP₂N₄的电子态密度和带隙随压强的变化关系进行了计算和分析。结果表明：在压力作用下,上价带顶向费米能级移动,并有一定的展宽。Be—N、P—N键缩短,电子转移增加,导致电荷发生重新分布。     

极端条件下6Li2O的热力学性能与电子结构

 采用密度泛函理论与准谐振德拜模型研究了面心立方相的⁶Li₂O在极端条件下的热力学性质与电子结构。结果表明: ⁶Li₂O的热膨胀系数在任何温度下都随压强增加明显降低,但仅当压强较低(低于40 GPa)时,温度对6Li2O的热膨胀系数的影响才明显;O原子半径随压强增大而迅速降低,而随温度的变化并不明显;在低压条件下(低于40 GPa),带隙随温度的升高缓慢降低;而在高压条件下(高于40 GPa),温度对带隙宽度的影响几乎可以忽略;无论在什么温度条件下,带隙宽度均随压强的增大而迅速增加。     

高温高压下Zr2AlC的结构及热学性质的第一性原理

利用密度泛函理论研究了高温高压下Zr₂AlC的结构和热力学性质,计算得到Zr₂AlC的晶格参数与实验值符合较好．研究了Zr₂AlC的弹性常数、体模量、剪切模量和杨氏模量等力学性质随压力变化的趋势．同时研究了维氏硬度随压力的变化趋势．通过计算得到的杨氏模量预测了Zr₂AlC的弹性各向异性．最后,基于准简谐德拜模型,成功预测了Zr₂AlC的德拜温度、热容、热膨胀系数和Grüneisen参数随着压强和温度的变化关系.     

半导体材料AAl2C4(A=Zn, Cd, Hg; C=S, Se)的电子结构和光学性质

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法, 对具有缺陷型黄铜矿结构的半导体材料A^ⅡAl₂C₄^Ⅵ(A=Zn, Cd, Hg; C =S, Se)的构型和电子结构进行研究, 并系统考察了各晶体的光学性质. 对于线性光学性质, 五种晶体在红外区和部分可见光区具有良好的透光性能, 其中HgAl₂S₄和HgAl₂Se₄晶体具有适中的双折射率. 在非线性光学性质方面, 该类晶体倍频效应较强, 理论预测得到的二阶静态倍频系数均较大(>20 pm/V). 体系的倍频效应主要来源于价带顶附近以S/Se 价p轨道为主要成分的能带向含有较多Al/Hg 价p成分的空带之间的跃迁. 通过与已商业化的AgGaC₂晶体光学性质的对比, 结果表明HgAl₂S₄和HgAl₂Se₄是一类性能优良的红外非线性光学晶体材料.     

BC5力学性质的第一性原理计算

采用平面波赝势密度泛函理论方法对0—60 GPa静水压下BC₅ 六角晶系P3m1和四方晶系I4m2结构的平衡态晶格常数、弹性常数、各向异性以及泊松比与Cauchy扰动进行了研究. 研究结果表明, BC₅的两种结构在高压下是稳定的, 且不可压缩性随着压强的增加而增大. 另外, 对其电子结构也进行了计算, 计算结果表明, BC₅存在一个较宽的带隙, 两种原子间有较强的共价杂化, 材料的性质主要由B的2p¹和C的2p²态电子共同决定. 压强对材料带隙和费米能级附近的态密度几乎没有影响, 只引起微小的漂移, 可推断其很好的高压稳定性.     

高压下MgS的弹性性质、电子结构和光学性质的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论(density functional theory)基础上的第一性原理赝势平面波方法, 计算研究了MgS晶体B2构型在不同压强下的几何结构、弹性性质、电子结构和光学性质. 计算结果表明, 在高压作用下, 该结构的导带能级有向高能级移动的趋势, 而价带能级有向低能级移动的趋势. 同时, 对照态密度分布图及高压下能级的移动情况, 分析了MgS B2构型在高压作用下的光学性质, 发现高压作用下, 吸收光谱发生了明显的蓝移.     

高压下ZnSe的电子结构和光学性质

运用密度泛函理论体系下的平面波赝势(PWP)和广义梯度近似(GGA)方法,利用第一性原理计算了不同的压强下ZnSe晶体闪锌矿结构,得到了它的平衡晶格常数、总能量、电子态密度分布、能带结构、光反射与吸收系数等性质,详细讨论了高压下ZnSe的电子结构,并且结合实验结果定性地分析了高压下的光学性质. 关键词： 闪锌矿结构 态密度 能带结构 密度泛函理论     

FP-LMTO investigations of mechanical stability and high pressure of platinum nitride compounds

We report local density functional calculations using the full potential linear muffin-tin orbital (FP-LMTO) method for binary platinum nitride (PtN), in five different crystal structures, the rock salt (B1), zinc-blende (B3), wurtzite (B4), nickel arsenide (B8), and PbS (B10) phases. The ground state properties such as the equilibrium lattice constant, elastic constants, the bulk modulus and its pressure derivative of PtN in these phases are determined and compared with the other available experimental and theoretical works.Our calculations confirm in the B3 structure that PtN is found to be mechanically stable with a large bulk modulus B=232.45 GPa and at a sufficiently high pressure the B8₁ structure would be favoured.The theoretical transition pressure from zinc blende (B3) to NiAs (B8₁), zinc-blende (B3) to rock-salt (B1) and zinc-blende (B3) to PbO (B10) is determined to be 9.10 GPa, 9.85 GPa and 69.35 GPa, respectively. Our calculation shows also in five different structures for PtN a high bulk modulus is a good indicator of a hard material.     

Structural phase transition and elastic properties of Curium and Uranium monobismuthides under pressure effect

A density functional (DFT) calculations of the structural, elastic and high pressure properties of the cubic XBi (X=U,Cm) compounds, has been reported using the full potential linear muffin-tin orbital (FP-LMTO) method. In this approach the local density approximation (LDA) is used for the exchange-correlation (XC) potential. Results are given for lattice constant, bulk modulus and its pressure derivatives. The pressure transitions at which these compounds undergo structural phase transition from NaCl-type (B1) to CsCl-type (B2) phase were found to be in good agreement with the available theoretical results. We have determined the elastic constants C₁₁, C₁₂, C₄₄ and their pressure dependence which have not been established experimentally or theoretically.     

Characterisation of the high-pressure structural transition and elastic properties in boron arsenic

This paper carries out the First principles calculation of the crystal structures (zinc blende (B3) and rocksalt (B1)) and phase transition of boron arsenic (BAs) based on the density-functional theory. Using the relation between enthalpy and pressure, it finds that the transition phase from the B3 structural to the B1 structural occurs at the pressure of 113.42GPa. Then the elastic constants C₁₁, C₁₂, C₄₄, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young modulus, anisotropy factor, Kleinman parameter and Poisson ratio are discussed in detail for two polymorphs of BAs. The results of the structural parameters and elastic properties in B3 structure are in good agreement with the available theoretical and experimental values.     

Electronic structure,mechanical and optical properties of ternary semiconductors Si1-xGexC (X = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1)

The electronic structure of silicon carbide with increasing germanium content have been examined using first principles calculations based on density functional theory. The structural stability is analysed between two different phases, namely, cubic zinc blende and hexagonal phases. The zinc blende structure is found to be the stable one for all the Si_1-xGe_xC semiconducting carbides at normal pressure. Effect of substitution of Ge for Si in SiC on electronic and mechanical properties is studied. It is observed that cubic SiC is a semiconductor with the band gap value 1.243?eV. The band gap value of SiC is increased due to the substitution of Ge and the band gap values of Si _0.75 Ge _0.25 C, Si _0.50 Ge _0.50 C, Si _0.25 Ge _0.75 C and GeC are 1.322 eV, 1.413 eV, 1.574 eV and 1.657?eV respectively. As the pressure is increased, it is found that the energy gap gets decreased for Si_1-x Ge_xC (X?=?0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1). The elastic constants satisfy the Born – Huang elastic stability criteria. The bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio are also calculated and compared with the other available results.     

Ground state and phonon spectrum of NiSi2

We have studied structural, electronic, elastic and dynamical properties of NiSi₂ by employing the plane wave pseudopotential method based on density functional theory within the local density approximation. The calculated lattice constant, bulk modulus and first-order pressure derivative of the bulk modulus are reported and compared with earlier available experimental and theoretical calculations. Numerical first-principles calculations of the elastic constants were used to calculate C₁₁, C₁₂ and C₄₄ for NiSi₂. The calculated electronic band structure has been compared with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experimental data along the [100] and [111] symmetry directions. A linear response approach to density functional theory is used to derive the phonon dispersion curves and phonon partial density of states. Atomic displacement patterns for NiSi₂ at the Γ, X and L symmetry points are also presented.     

Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the structural, elastic and electronic properties of (B3) boron phosphide

In this paper we present the results obtained from first-principles calculations of the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the structural, elastic and electronic properties of (B3) boron phosphide, using the pseudopotential plane-wave method (PP-PW) based on density functional theory within the Teter and Pade exchange-correlation functional form of the local density approximation (LDA). The lattice parameter, molecular and crystal densities, near-neighbour distances, independent elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, anisotropy factor and energy bandgaps of (B3) BP under high pressure are presented. The results showed a phase transition pressure from the zinc blende to rock-salt phase at around 1.56?Mbar, which is in good agreement with the theoretical data reported in the literature.     

压力及杂质氢对金属锂弹性特性的影响

针对六角密堆金属锂16个原子超晶胞(supercell)、填隙一个氢原子的周期单元，采用基于密度泛函理论的平面波-赝势方法，研究了零温条件下压力及填隙氢掺杂对体系弹性性质的影响.结果表明氢掺杂导致体系的体模量增加.常压下掺杂体系的弹性常数C₁₁，C₃₃，C₆₆和C₁₂高于单质体系，剪切模量C₄₄有所下降，而C₁₃则与单质体系持平.压力作用下C₁₁，C₃₃和C₆₆一直大于单质体系，但C₁₂的值低于单质体系.在2GPa—4GPa压力区间内，弹性常数C₁₃呈反常变化，小于单质体系；在高压区掺杂体系的C₄₄和C₁₃则高于单质体系的相应量值，压力导致掺杂体系和单质体系之间剪切模的偏离加剧.掺杂体系在压力作用下依然保持压缩模的各向同性，具有和单质体系相似的特性. 关键词： 第一性原理 压力效应 弹性常数 金属锂     

Mechanical properties,lattice thermal conductivity,infrared and Raman spectrum of the fullerite C24

Lightweight carbon materials with excellent thermal and mechanical properties have important applications in aerospace industry. In this study, the stability, mechanical properties, lattice thermal conductivity, electronic structure, infrared and Raman spectrum of sp³ hybridized low-density fullerite C₂₄ were investigated according to density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It was found that the fullerite C₂₄ was both thermodynamic and dynamic stable. Quasi-harmonic approximation and Grüneisen parameter calculations clarified why the fullerite C₂₄ had a positive thermal expansion coefficient at low temperature. The fullerite C₂₄ also exhibited excellent mechanical properties. Interestingly, the Vickers hardness of carbon allotropes was found to almost be linear proportional to the density of a carbon material. HSE06 electronic structure calculations showed that it was a semiconductor with direct bandgap of 2.56 eV. Anharmonic lattice dynamic calculations showed that its thermal conductivity was higher than semiconductor silicon. Besides, Raman and infrared active modes as well as the corresponding spectra were presented.     

First-principles study of structural and elastic properties of CrO2 at high pressure

The structural and elastic properties of CrO₂ in the rutile phase under high pressures have been investigated using pseudopotential plane-wave method based on density functional theory. The optimized lattice parameters and the bulk modulus at zero pressure agree well with available experimental and theoretical data. The elastic constants C ₁₁, C ₁₂, C ₄₄, C ₃₃, C ₁₃, and C ₆₆ at zero pressure are calculated to be 359.91, 264.69, 143.28, 309.45, 218.45, and 260.74 GPa, respectively. Elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young's modulus, and Poisson's ratio under pressures are obtained. Our results indicate that the rutile phase is mechanically stable below 11.99 GPa. The elastic anisotropy of rutile phase under pressures has also been predicted.     

Elastic,electronic and thermodynamic properties of fluoro-perovskite KZnF3 via first-principles calculations

The elastic, electronic and thermodynamic properties of fluoro-perovskite KZnF₃ have been calculated using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. The exchange-correlation potential is treated with the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (GGA-PBE). Also, we have used the Engel and Vosko GGA formalism (GGA-EV) to improve the electronic band structure calculations. The calculated structural properties are in good agreement with available experimental and theoretical data. The elastic constants C _ij are calculated using the total energy variation with strain technique. The shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio and the Lamé coefficients for polycrystalline KZnF₃ aggregates are estimated in the framework of the Voigt-Reuss-Hill approximations. The ductility behavior of this compound is interpreted via the calculated elastic constants C _ij . Electronic and bonding properties are discussed from the calculations of band structure, density of states and electron charge density. The thermodynamic properties are predicted through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the lattice vibrations are taken into account. The variation of bulk modulus, lattice constant, heat capacities and the Debye temperature with pressure and temperature are successfully obtained.