高压下ZnSe 纳米带的结构相变及拉曼散射研究

 利用高压原位角散X射线衍射实验研究了ZnSe纳米带的结构稳定性。发现样品在12.6 GPa 附近存在一个从立方闪锌矿型到立方岩盐矿型的结构相变,并且在相变点附近存在较大的体积收缩,相对体积变化率达13%。利用Birch-Murnaghan 状态方程拟合,得到了闪锌矿相的体弹模量约为56 GPa,略低于体材料的体弹模量（约67 GPa）;并得到其立方岩盐矿相的体弹模量约为116 GPa。高压拉曼散射实验结果表明,横光学声子模散射峰在5.5 GPa压力附近发生劈裂,纵光学声子模散射峰在12.8 GPa压力以上逐渐消失。根据角散实验的体弹模量数据,计算得到了闪锌矿相中对应不同声子模式的格林爱森常数。     

ZnS:Eu纳米晶的高压相变研究

采用同步辐射能量色散X射线衍射技术和金刚石对顶砧高压装置,对ZnS:Eu纳米晶进行了原位高压X光衍射实验.最高压力为30.8Pa.当压力为11.5GPa时,ZnS:Eu发生了一次从纤锌矿到闪锌矿的结构相变.在压力为16.0GPa时,又发生了明显的结构相变,相变后的结构为岩盐矿,其相变压力较体材料高.得到了Birch-Murnaghan状态方程、ZnS:Eu纳米晶的体模量和压力导数.ZnS:Eu纳米晶的体模量高于体材料的值,表明纳米材料较体材料的硬度高.     

CdTe的状态方程及其高压相变

 用金刚石压砧高压X光衍射技术研究了Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物CdTe的室温状态方程和室温高压相变。实验的最高压力达39.2 GPa。实验中发现CdTe从(3.3±0.1)GPa开始从闪锌矿结构相相NaCl结构相转变，相变时体积收缩15.8%；从(10.3±0.2)GPa开始从NaCl相向β-Sn结构相转变，相变时无体积突变；在(12.2±0.2)GPa由β-Sn相向正交结构相转变，相变时也无体积突变。CdTe的压缩数据用最小二乘法以Bridgman状态方程和Murnaghan状态方程拟合，得到其零压时合相变压力时各个相的体弹模量及体弹模量的压力微商，并与其它的实验合理论结果进行比较。     

高压下硫化钙的弹性和热力学性质的第一性原理计算

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法结合准谐德拜模型研究NaCl结构的CaS在高压下的弹性和热力学性质.计算得到的零温零压下的晶格常数、体弹模量与实验值符合得很好.弹性常数和弹性模量随着压强的增大而增大.压强对体弹模量和热膨胀系数的影响大于温度的影响.热容随压强的升高而降低,在高温下热容接近于Dulong-Petit极限.通过求解Gibbs自由能计算得到B1结构和B2结构CaS的相变压为36.61 GPa.     

准静水压条件下SrF2的X射线衍射

利用同步辐射能量色散X射线衍射技术对SrF₂进行了高压相变实验研究. 实验以Ar作为传压介质, 以获得准静水压条件. 实验用红宝石荧光法标定样品压力, 得到的最高压力为44.2GPa. 在实验压力范围内, SrF₂在11.2GPa时发生了从立方晶系到正交晶系的相变, 通过拟合相变前后的P-V状态 方程, 得到立方SrF₂的体弹模量为70.0(5.0)GPa, 正交SrF₂的体弹模量为198.3(15.2)GPa. 卸压到零压时, SrF₂回到立方相结构.     

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     

高压下AuCu3热动力学性质的第一性原理研究

利用平面波赝势密度泛函理论研究了AuCu3的结构性质,得到了晶格常数a、体弹模量B0、体弹模量对压强的一阶导数B'0,计算结果与实验值相吻合.通过准谐德拜模型成功地获得了高温高压下Au-Cu3的状态方程、热膨胀系数、热容及德拜温度.     

高压下AuCu3热动力学性质的第一性原理研究

利用平面波赝势密度泛函理论研究了AuCu3的结构性质,得到了晶格常数a、体弹模量 、体弹模量对压强的一阶导数 ,计算结果与实验值相吻合。通过准谐德拜模型成功地获得了高温高压下AuCu3的状态方程、热膨胀系数、热容及德拜温度。     

GaP相变及热力学性质的理论研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法研究了闪锌矿和氯化钠结构的GaP的相变及热力学性质.对两种结构的能量体积曲线做公切线,得到了从闪锌矿到氯化钠结构的相变压力约为26.2GPa,与实验结果一致.通过准谐德拜模型得到了不同温度下体积和热膨胀系数与压强的关系,以及不同压强下热容与温度的关系.     

天然绿帘石原位高压同步辐射X射线衍射研究

在金刚石压腔高压装置(DAC)上采用同步辐射角度色散X射线衍射技术,在室温、最高压力9.16GPa条件下,对天然绿帘石进行了状态方程研究。在实验压力范围内,未观察到绿帘石发生相变。通过Birch-Murnaghan状态方程,对所获得的实验数据进行了状态方程拟合,获得了天然绿帘石的体弹模量值为116(7)GPa,体弹模量的压力导数值为7.8(8),若将体弹模量的压力导数值固定为4,获得绿帘石的体弹模量值为132(4)GPa。另外,绿帘石存在较为明显的轴向压缩各向异性:c轴方向压缩系数最大,b轴方向压缩系数最小,说明天然绿帘石在c轴方向更易于压缩,而b轴方向最抗压。     

A first-principle study of the structural, elastic, lattice dynamical and thermodynamic properties of PrX (X=P, As)

The structural, phase transition, elastic, lattice dynamic and thermodynamic properties of rare-earth compounds PrP and PrAs with NaCl (B1), CsCl (B2), ZB (B3), WC (B_h) and CuAu (L1₀) structures are investigated using the first principles calculations within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). For the total-energy calculation, we have used the projected augmented plane-wave (PAW) implementation of the Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP). Specifically, some basic physical parameters, e.g. lattice constants, bulk modulus, elastic constants, shear modulus, Young's modulus and Poison's ratio, are predicted. The obtained equilibrium structure parameters are in excellent agreement with the experimental and theoretical data. The temperature and pressure variations of the volume, bulk modulus, thermal expansion coefficient, heat capacity and Debye temperature are calculated in wide pressure and temperature ranges. The phonon dispersion curves and corresponding one-phonon density of states (DOS) for both compounds are also computed in the NaCl (B1) structure.     

Elastic and Thermodynamic Properties of CdSe from First-Principles Calculations

The lattice parameters, bulk modulus, phase transition pressure, and temperature dependencies of the elastic constants c_ij of CdSe are investigated by using the Cambridge Serial Total Energy Package (CASTEP) program in the frame of Density Functional Theory (DFT). It is found that the phase transitions from the ZB structure to the RS structure and from WZ structure to RS structure are 2.2 GPa and 2.8 GPa, respectively. Our results agree well with the available experimental data and other theoretical results. The aggregate elastic modulus (B, G, E, A), the Poisson's ratio (υ), the Grüneisen parameter (γ), the Debye temperature Θ_D on pressure and temperature are also successfully obtained.     

Theoretical investigation of the structural stabilities,elastic properties and band structure characteristics of platinum carbide

Ab initio calculations based on the density functional theory within the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method were carried out to investigate the structural stabilities of the different crystallographic phases, the pressure-induced phase transition and the electronic properties of the platinum carbide (PtC) compound. The zinc-blende (ZB), rock-salt (RS), cesium chloride (CsCl), wurtzite (WZ), nickel arsenide (NiAs), lead monoxide (PbO) and the tungsten carbide (WC) phases were considered. The exchange and correlation potential was treated by the generalized-gradient approximation using the Perde–Burke–Ernzerhof parameterization. The thermodynamic properties such as variation of the bulk modulus, lattice constant, heat capacity, thermal expansion and Debye temperature versus pressures and temperatures are investigated. The band structure results show the metallic character of the PtC compound in all the considered phases and the present study also shows that the PtC compound crystallizes in the ZB phase at ambient conditions. The theoretical transition pressures from the ZB to RS for the NiAs, PbO and CsCl transformations were also computed.     

Elastic and thermodynamic properties of alkali hydrides XH (X = K,Rb and Cs)

The calculation of the structural, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of the alkali hydrides XH (X?=?K, Rb and Cs) in rock-salt (RS), cesium chloride (CsCl), zinc-blende (ZB) and wurtzite (WZ) phases are done by using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method within the frame work of the density functional theory (DFT) as implemented in the WIEN2K code. The Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation (PBE-GGA) was used for the exchange-correlation potential.The elastic constants and their related properties, as well as the thermodynamic properties, were obtained by using the IRelast package. The calculated elastic constants for the alkali hydrides, with the four structures RS, CsCl, ZB and WZ, at ambient pressure are mechanically stable. The elastic constants and their related properties in the RS structure are changeable with increasing pressure. Elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus (stiffness) and Debye temperatures of these compounds are decreased as going from K to Cs in the periodic table. These compounds in the RS structure are mechanically stronger at ambient conditions.     

First-principles calculations for transition phase and thermodynamic properties of GaAs

The transition phase of GaAs from the zincblende (ZB) structure to the rocksalt (RS) structure is investigated by ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory method, and the thermodynamic properties of the ZB and RS structures are obtained through the quasi-harmonic Debye model. It is found that the transition from the ZB structure to the RS structure occurs at the pressure of about 16.3\,GPa, this fact is well consistent with the experimental data and other theoretical results. The dependences of the relative volume V/V₀ on the pressure P, the Debye temperature \Th and specific heat C_V on the pressure P, as well as the specific heat C_V on the temperature T are also obtained successfully.     

Investigations of phase transition, elastic and thermodynamic properties of GaP by using the density functional theory

The phase transition of gallium phosphide (GaP) from zinc-blende (ZB) to a rocksalt (RS) structure is investigated by the plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT). Lattice constant a₀, elastic constants c_ij, bulk modulus B₀ and the pressure derivative of bulk modulus B₀' are calculated. The results are in good agreement with numerous experimental and theoretical data. From the usual condition of equal enthalpies, the phase transition from the ZB to the RS structure occurs at 21.9 GPa, which is close to the experimental value of 22.0 GPa. The elastic properties of GaP with the ZB structure in a pressure range from 0 GPa to 21.9 GPa and those of the RS structure in a pressure range of pressures from 21.9 GPa to 40 GPa are obtained. According to the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the phononic effects are considered, the normalized volume V/V₀, the Debye temperature θ, the heat capacity C_v and the thermal expansion coefficient α are also discussed in a pressure range from 0 GPa to 40 GPa and a temperature range from 0 K to 1500 K.     

High pressure study of structural and electronic properties of magnesium telluride

The full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method (FP-LMTO) within the local density approximation (LDA) is used to calculate the electronic band structures and the total energies of MgTe in its stable (NiAs-B8) and high pressure phases. The latter provide us with the ground state properties such us lattice parameter, bulk modulus and its pressure derivatives. The transition pressure at which this compound undergoes the structural phase transition from the NiAs to CsCl phase is calculated. The energy band gaps and their volume and pressure dependence in the stable NiAs-B8 phase are investigated. The ground state properties, the transition pressure are found to agree with the experimental and other theoretical results. The elastic constants at equilibrium in both NiAs and CsCl structure are also determined.     

Semiconductor–metal transition in GaAs nanowires under high pressure

We investigate the structural phase transitions and electronic properties of GaAs nanowires under high pressure by using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and infrared reflectance spectroscopy methods up to 26.2 GPa at room temperature.The zinc-blende to orthorhombic phase transition was observed at around 20.0 GPa.In the same pressure range, pressureinduced metallization of GaAs nanowires was confirmed by infrared reflectance spectra.The metallization originates from the zinc-blende to orthorhombic phase transition.Decompression results demonstrated that the phase transition from zincblende to orthorhombic and the pressure-induced metallization are reversible.Compared to bulk materials, GaAs nanowires show larger bulk modulus and enhanced transition pressure due to the size effects and high surface energy.     

Theoretical investigation of phase transition properties in strontium chalcogenides using potential model

The Born–Mayer potential has been employed to predict the phase transition pressure in four strontium monochalcogenides, namely, SrO, SrS, SrSe, and SrTe, which crystallize in the NaCl (B1) phase and with the application of pressure, transforms to the CsCl (B2) phase. The compression, bulk modulus and the first-order pressure derivative of bulk modulus have also been calculated and compared with the available experimental and other theoretical results. The calculated values of transition pressure and other elastic properties predict that the hardness and strength parameters depend on the crystal structure and have the different values for different structures.