高压下MgO熔化特性的分子动力学模拟

利用分子动力学方法,模拟研究了高压下MgO的熔化特性．通过晶体的现代熔化理论,对MgO的分子动力学模拟熔化温度进行了修正,得到了高温高压下MgO的熔化温度．计算得到的MgO熔化曲线和已有的实验及其它理论结果在0-135 GPa进行了比较,发现修正得到的MgO熔化温度和由Lindemann熔化方程及两相方法得到的结果在压力低于15 GPa时符合很好．同时,MgO熔化模拟有效解释了一阶相变分子动力学过程中出现的过热熔化现象．     

Molecular dynamics study for the melting curve of MgO at high pressure

Shell-model molecular dynamics method is used to study the melting temperatures of MgO at elevated temperatures and high pressures using interaction potentials. Equations of state for MgO simulated by molecular dynamics are in good agreement with available experimental data. The pressure dependence of the melting curve of MgO has been calculated. The surface melting and superheating are considered in the correction of experimental data and the calculated values, respectively. The results of corrections are compared with those of previous work. The corrected melting temperature of MgO is consistent with corrected experimental measurements. The melting temperature of MgO up to 140GPa is calculated.     

Properties of MgO at high pressures: Shell-model molecular dynamics simulation

Shell-model molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has been performed to investigate the melting of the major Earth-forming mineral: periclase (MgO), at elevated temperatures and high pressures, based on the thermal instability analysis. The interatomic potential is taken to be the sum of pair-wise additive Coulomb, van der Waals attraction, and repulsive interactions. The MD simulation with selected Lewis–Catlow (LC) potential parameters is found to be very successful in describing the melting behavior for MgO, by taking account of the overheating of a crystalline solid at ambient pressure. The thermodynamic melting curve is estimated on the basis of the thermal instability MD simulations and compared with the available experimental data and other theoretical results in the pressure ranges 0–150 GPa. Our simulated melting curve of MgO is consistent with results obtained from Lindemann melting equation and two-phase simulated data at constant pressure by Belonoshko and Dubrovinsky, in the pressure below 20 GPa. The extrapolated melting temperatures in the lower mantle are in good agreement with the results obtained from Wang's empirical model up to 100 GPa. Compared with experimental measurements, our results are substantially higher than that determined by Zerr and Boehler, and the discrepancy between DAC and MD melting temperatures may be well explained with different melting mechanisms. Meanwhile, the radial distribution functions (RDFs) of Mg–Mg, O–Mg, and O–O ion pairs near the melting temperature have been investigated.     

壳层模型分子动力学在CaO研究中的应用

利用壳层分子动力学方法结合有效的对势,研究了高压条件下CaO的熔化曲线。研究表明,分子动力学模拟结果精确地再现了广泛压强范围内CaO的状态方程。研究中考虑了分子动力学模拟熔化存在的过热现象,通过晶体的现代熔化理论,对CaO的分子动力学模拟熔化温度进行了修正,获得了高温高压下CaO正确的熔化温度。因此,常压下引入壳层模型的分子动力学为研究物质熔化提供了一个很好的方法,这种方法可进一步推广到其它物质的高压熔化研究中。     

Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Melting Temperatures of SrF2 and BaF2

利用壳层模型分子动力学方法,考虑萤石结构分子中的预熔化现象,对SrF₂和BaF₂的分子动力学模拟熔化温度进行修正,获得了高压下SrF₂和BaF₂的熔化温度. 同时给出了300 K、0.1 Mpa～7GPa和0.1 Mpa～3 GPa时SrF₂和BaF₂的状态方程,与已有研究结果的最大误差分别为0.3%和2.2%. 计算所得SrF₂和BaF₂常压下的熔点与已有的实验结果符合较好. 对于SrF₂和BaF₂分子体积变化和已有的熔化模拟的差别也做了比较和讨论.     

CaF2熔化温度的分子动力学模拟

利用壳层模型分子动力学方法,研究了高温高压条件下CaF2的熔化温度,同时计算了温度为300K、压强上升到100GPa时CaF2 的状态方程.研究中考虑了分子动力学模拟的过热熔化,通过晶体的现代熔化理论,对CaF2 的分子动力学模拟熔化温度进行了修正, 获得了高温高压下CaF2的熔化温度.因此,常压下壳层模型分子动力学方法为研究物质熔化提供了一个很好的方法.     

Decreasing electrical resistivity of silver along the melting boundary up to 5 GPa

The electrical resistivity of Ag was experimentally measured at high pressures up to 5?GPa and at temperatures up to ～300?K above melting. The resistivity decreased as a function of pressure and increased as a function of temperature as expected and is in very good agreement with 1 atm data. Observed melting temperatures at high pressures also agree well with previous experimental and theoretical studies. The main finding of this study is that resistivity of Ag decreases along the pressure- and temperature-dependent melting boundary, in conflict with prediction of resistivity invariance. This result is discussed in terms of the dominant contribution of the increasing energy separation between the Fermi level and 4d-band as a function of pressure. Calculated from the resistivity using the Wiedemann–Franz law, the electronic thermal conductivity increased as a function of pressure and decreased as a function of temperature as expected. The decrease in the high pressure thermal conductivity in the liquid phase as a function of temperature contrasts with the behavior of the 1 atm data.     

下地幔条件下钙钛矿结构MgSiO3熔化行为的研究

利用分子动力学方法结合有效的对势,模拟了下地幔条件下钙钛矿结构MgSiO3的熔化曲线．研究表明,分子动力学模拟结果精确地再现了广泛压强范围内钙钛矿结构MgSiO3的状态方程,并且熔化曲线与最新的实验结果也符合的很好．在压强上升到下地幔压强范围内,压强低于60 GPa时的钙钛矿结构MgSiO3熔化曲线比较陡,接着变得平缓．在核幔边界压强135 GPa时,钙钛矿结构MgSiO3的熔化温度是6500 K,明显低于Zerr和Boehler实验结果的外推结果．     

高压下钙钛矿结构MgSiO3的分子动力学研究

利用分子动力学方法,研究了高温高压下钙钛矿结构MgSiO3的状态方程.研究表明,分子动力学模拟结果很好地再现了广泛温度和压强范围内钙钛矿结构MgSiO3的摩尔体积.温度300 K压强上升到120 GPa模拟的钙钛矿结构MgSiO3状态方程和有效的实验结果基本一致.在更高温度和更高压强下模拟的钙钛矿结构MgSiO3状态方程和他人的计算值吻合的很好.另外,还分别计算了温度300 K,900 K,1500 K和2500 K压强上升到120 GPa时MgSiO3的体积压缩率.     

The melting curve of CaSiO3 perovskite under lower mantle pressures

The high pressure melting curve of CaSiO₃ perovskite is simulated by using the constant temperature and pressure molecular dynamics method combined with effective pair potentials for the first time. The simulated results for the partial radial distribution function all compare well with experiment. The calculated equation of state is very successful in accurately reproducing the recent experimental data over a wide pressure range. The predicted high pressure melting curve is in good agreement with the experimental ones, and the melting curve up to the core–mantle boundary pressure, being very steep at lower pressures, rapidly flattens on increasing pressure. The present results also suggest the validity of the experimental data of Zerr and Boehler.     

高温高压下闪锌矿相GaN结构和热力学特性的分子动力学研究

利用分子动力学方法和Buckingham经验势模型对重要半导体材料GaN立方闪锌矿相的晶格常数、相变压力(从闪锌矿到岩盐结构)、热膨胀、等温体模量、定压热容等结构和热力学特性在300—3000K的温度范围和0—65GPa的压力范围内进行了研究.研究表明，闪锌矿相GaN常态下的结构和热力学参数的模拟结果与实验数据及其他理论结果相符.同时在所选作用势模型可靠性检验的基础上，对等温体模量、定压热容诸非谐性参量在高温高压下的热力学行为进行了预测.所得结果在材料科学等领域的研究中具有一定的应用背景和参考价值. 关键词： GaN Buckingham势 分子动力学模拟 高温高压     

MgSiO3状态方程的分子动力学模拟

利用分子动力学方法,研究了高温高压下钙钛矿结构MgSiO_3的状态方程。研究表明,分子动力学模拟结果精确地再现了广泛温度和压强范围内MgSiO_3的摩尔体积。在300 K压强上升到140 GPa模拟的MgSiO_3状态方程和有效的实验值、他人的拟合值以及基于局域密度近似的第一原理计算结果基本一致。并且更高温度和更高压强下模拟的MgSiO_3状态方程和他人的计算值吻合的很好。另外,还分别计算了300、900、2000和3000 K压强上升到120 GPa时MgSiO_3的体积压缩率。     

Melting of lithium hydride under pressure

We have computed the melting line of lithium hydride up to 200 GPa using the two-phase simulation technique coupled with first-principles molecular dynamics. Our predicted melting temperature at high pressures varies slowly with compression, ranging from 2000 to 2450 K at 50-200 GPa pressures. The compressed fluid close to the melting line retains the ionic character of the low pressure molten state, while at higher temperatures dynamical hydrogen clustering processes are observed, which are accompanied by changes in the electronic structure.     

Gold under high pressure

Abstract

First principle predictions for the equation of state of gold using solid and liquid state theories are compared up to combined pressures and temperatures of 600 GPa and 17 000 K with static diamond anvil cell compression, ultrasonic measurements and shock Hugoniot data which include a recent laser driven shock Hugoniot points at 600 GPa. Excellent agreement between theoretical and experimental data is observed. The theoretically estimated 300 K isotherm agrees to within 2 GPa with the isotherm that has been measured to 70 GPa using the diamond anvil cell. The structural energy estimates show that the normal f.c.c. phase remains stable under pressure. The estimate of the shock Hugoniot temperature of gold at 600 GPa based on a liquid state model is consistent with the measurements of laser induced shock luminescence, which in fact provides an experimental determination of the temperature of gold above its Hugoniot melting point. The powerful means provided by theory in the prediction of material properties of gold at ultra high pressures and temperatures is significant because gold is an efficient converter of laser energy into soft X-rays and is a potential candidate as a standard for high pressure, high temperature work.     

In situ X-Ray study of thermal expansion and phase transition of iron at multimegabar pressure

The density of varepsilon-iron has been calculated at pressures and temperatures up to 300 GPa and 1300 K, respectively. We observe varepsilon to beta phase transition at pressures between 135 and 300 GPa and temperature above 1350 K; the pattern can be interpreted in terms of double hexagonal close-packed structure. The density calculated at high pressure and temperature (330-360 GPa and 5000-7000 K) closely matches with preliminary reference Earth model density, thereby imposing constraint on the composition of the Earth's inner core.     

Changes in the crystalline structure of chlorpropamide at high pressures and temperatures

The crystalline structure of chlorpropamide is studied by the X-ray diffraction method at high pressures up to 4.2 GPa and in the temperature range 300–450 K. At normal pressure and upon heating to its melting point T = 396 K no phase transitions are found in chlorpropamide. When the initial α form of chlorpropamide is recrystallized, the appearance of a polymorphic ε phase is observed. After recrystallization, the high pressure effect causes partial amorphization of chlorpropamide at pressures of P ～ 3 GPa. Baric and temperature coefficients are obtained for the α and ε forms of chlorpropamide.     

Thermal expansivity and bulk modulus of ZnO with NaCl-type cubic structure at high pressures and temperatures

The thermal expansivity and bulk modulus of ZnO with NaCl-type cubic structure were estimated by using the constant temperature and pressure molecular dynamics technique with effective pair potentials which consist of the Coulomb, dispersion, and repulsion interaction at high pressures and temperatures. It is shown that the calculated thermodynamic parameters including linear thermal expansion coefficient, isothermal bulk modulus and its pressure derivative are in good agreement with the available experimental data and the latest theoretical results. At an extended pressure and temperature ranges, linear thermal expansion coefficient and isothermal bulk modus have also been predicted. The thermodynamic properties of ZnO with NaCl-type cubic structure are summarized in the pressure 0–150 GPa ranges and the temperature up to 3000 K.     

Melting curve of MgO from first-principles simulations

First-principles calculations based on density functional theory, both with the local density approximation (LDA) and with generalized gradient corrections (GGA), have been used to simulate solid and liquid MgO in direct coexistence in the range of pressure 0 < or = p < or = 135 GPa. The calculated LDA zero pressure melting temperature is T(LDA)m = 3110 +/- 50 K, in good agreement with the experimental data. The GGA zero pressure melting temperature T(GGA)m = 2575 +/- 100 K is significantly lower than the LDA one, but the difference between the GGA and the LDA is greatly reduced at high pressure. The LDA zero pressure melting slope is dT/dp approximately 100 K/GPa, which is more than 3 times higher than the currently available experimental one from Zerr and Boehler [Nature (London) 371, 506 (1994)]. At the core mantle boundary pressure of 135 GPa MgO melts at Tm = 8140 +/- 150 K.     

First-principles investigation on the structural and elastic properties of cubic-Fe_2 TiAl under high pressures

The structural, elastic, and thermodynamic properties of cubic-Fe 2 TiAl under high temperatures and pressures are investigated by performing ab initio calculation and using the quasi-harmonic Debye model. Some ground state properties such as lattice constant, bulk modulus, pressure derivative of the bulk modulus, and elastic constants are in good agreement with the available experimental results and theoretical data. The thermodynamic properties of Fe 2 TiAl such as thermal expansion coefficient, Debye temperature, and heat capacity in ranges of 0 K-1200 K and 0 GPa-250 GPa are also obtained. The calculation results indicate that the heat capacities at different pressures all increase with temperature increasing and are close to the Dulong-Petit limit at higher temperatures, Debye temperature decreases with temperature increasing, and increases with pressure rising. The cubic-Fe 2 TiAl is stable mechanically under 250 GPa. Moreover, under lower pressure, thermal expansion coefficient rises rapidly with temperature increasing, and the increasing rate becomes slow at higher pressure.     

Melting of cubic boron nitride at extreme pressures

Due to its large pressure range of stability and inert nature, cubic boron nitride has been proposed as a potential pressure standard for high pressure experiments. It is extremely refractive upon compression, although its melting temperature is not known beyond 10 GPa. We apply first-principles molecular dynamics to evaluate the thermodynamics of zincblende structured (cubic) and liquid boron nitride at extreme temperatures and pressures, and compute the melting curve up to 1 TPa by integration of the Clapeyron equation. The resulting equations of state reveal that liquid boron nitride becomes denser than the solid phase at pressures of around 0.5 TPa. This is expressed as a turnover in the melting curve, which reaches a maximum at 510 GPa and 6550 ± 700 K. The origin of this density crossover is explained in terms of the underlying liquid structure, which diverges from that of the zincblende structured solid as the phases are compressed.