金属锇超高压结构的理论研究

本文采用基于从头算演化理论的晶体结构预测方法,对过渡金属锇（Os）的高压结构进行了系统研究. 结果表明,在0~1000 GPa压力范围内,金属Os一直保持六角密堆结构（hcp）,没有发生结构相变,排除了前人提出的hcp到ω相变的可能. 我们深入利用赝势平面波方法和全电子缀加波方法对ω相（P6/mmm）及hcp相进行了优化,并比较了能量随体积（压强）的变化关系,两种方法均证实了我们的结论.     

过渡金属掺杂在Bi2Te3体系中诱导产生的磁性

用从头计算方法研究了在Bi₂Te₃体系采用过渡金属掺杂从而诱导出磁性的可能性．用一个过渡金属原子置换一个Bi原子之后,可以在该体系中产生磁矩,这主要是由于过渡金属原子的3d轨道电子的自旋极化导致的．当一个Ti、V、Cr、Mn和Fe原子分别替代一个Bi原子时,体系显示的磁矩分别为0.92、1.97、2.97、4.04和4.98 μ_B．当引入两个过渡金属原子代替两个Bi原子的时候,交换耦合的特性取决于取代Bi原子的分布;代替的Bi原子的位置在Bi1和Bi5的位置时,这两个过渡金属原子之间的距离为11.52 ?, Bi_1.84TM_0.16Te₃体系能量最稳定并且表现出铁磁性耦合．     

过渡金属掺杂在Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3体系中诱导产生磁性的第一性原理研究

The origins of magnetism in transition-metal doped Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ system are investigated by ab initio calculations. The calculated results indicate that a transition-metal atom substitution for a Ti atom produces magnetic moments, which are due to the spin-polarization of transition-metal 3d electrons. The characteristics of exchange coupling are also calculated, which shows that in Cr-/Mn-/Fe-/Co-doped Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ system, the antiferromagnetic coupling is favorable. The results can successfully explain the experimental phenomenon that, in Mn-/Fe-doped Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ system, the ferromagnetism disappears at low temperature and the paramagnetic component becomes stronger with the increase of doping concentration of Mn/Fe/Co ions. Unexpectedly, we find the Na_0.5Bi_0.5Ti_0.67V_0.33iO₃ system with ferromagnetic coupling is favorable and produces a magnetic moment of 2.00 μB, which indicates that low temperature ferromagnetism materials could be made by introducing V atoms in Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃. This may be a new way to produce low temperature multiferroic materials.     

高压下过渡金属二硫属化物的超导电性

过渡金属二硫属化物是一类典型的二维类石墨烯层状结构的材料,相比于石墨烯的全碳元素组成以及无带隙的电子结构特点,具有更丰富的元素组成、多样的微观结构和奇异的物理性质。过渡金属二硫属化物强烈的各向异性以及在催化、光伏器件和储能材料等领域的优异表现,引起了科学家们浓厚的研究兴趣。它们的层间范德瓦耳斯间隙、层间范德瓦耳斯相互作用、层间堆垛次序对压力非常敏感,易于通过压力调控其晶体结构和电子能带结构,进而发生电子基态的变化。过渡金属二硫属化物的电子基态可以是莫特绝缘体、激子绝缘体、电荷密度波、半导体、(拓扑)半金属、金属,甚至是超导体。在常压条件下,部分过渡金属二硫属化物具有超导电性。实验表明,压力可以诱导过渡金属二硫属化物非超导母体发生超导转变,或者提高超导母体的超导转变温度。文章以典型的过渡金属二硫属化物为例,概述了其在高压调控下超导电性的响应,并简要讨论产生超导电性的物理机制。     

高压下三元金属间化合物SrAlSi的电学和晶格动力学特性

基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,系统研究了三元金属间化合物SrAlSi在高压下的电子性质和晶格动力学性质.三元金属间化合物SrAlSi具有和MgB₂类似的六角蜂巢状结构,Sr原子取代了Mg原子的位置,Al、Si原子无序地占据B原子的位子.通过对SrAlSi三元金属间化合物能带和三维费米面的计算,发现在压力的作用下SrAlSi费米面附近的能带发生电子拓扑变化,压力可以导致电子拓扑结构相变(ETTs).通过晶格动力学研究发现,在压力的作用下,SrAlSi的光学支沿着A-L-H方向逐渐软化,声学支逐渐变硬,说明金属间化合物SrAlSi在压力作用下结构不是很稳定,随着压力的继续增大,会有新的结构出现.     

过渡金属硫族化合物柔性基底体系的模型与应用

柔性基底体系是晶体外延生长领域于20世纪90年代提出的概念.其核心思想是利用超薄的基底,使其在外延生长时能同时与外延晶膜发生应变,以抵消二者之间的晶格失配,从而减少外延晶膜中的位错,提高晶膜的质量.但是人工制备性能优良的超薄基底往往需要较为复杂的工艺.另一方面,过渡金属硫族化合物由于其层状结构特性和层间较弱的范德瓦耳斯相互作用,是天然的柔性基底.本文介绍近几年来新发展的过渡金属硫族化合物柔性基底体系的模型及应用.以Au-MoS₂作为柔性基底外延生长的原型,结合密度泛函理论、线性弹性理论以及位错理论构建模型,并根据计算结果解释了早先利用透射电子显微镜观测到的Au薄膜在MoS₂上外延生长的相关实验现象.此外,本文还介绍了受到该理论模型启发的相关实验工作,特别是利用Au薄膜分离大面积、单层、高质量MoS₂的技术.最后,讨论了在该领域内值得关注和进一步探索的理论问题.     

5d过渡金属原子吸附氮化硼纳米管的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,研究了氮化硼纳米管六元环中心吸附5d过渡金属原子后体系的几何结构,电子结构和磁性性质.研究发现,吸附原子向一个氮原子或硼原子偏移;吸附体系在费米能级附近出现明显的杂质能级;各个体系的总磁矩随原子序数出现规律性变化,局域磁矩主要分布在吸附原子上.     

5d过渡金属原子掺杂氮化硼纳米管的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,研究了当氮化硼纳米管（BNNT）中的B原子和N原子被5d过渡金属原子（Lu,Hf,Ta,W,Re,Os,Ir,Pt,Au,Hg）取代时BNNT的几何结构、电子结构和磁性性质. 作为对比,给出了理想BNNT,B缺陷体系（V_B）和N缺陷体系（V_N）的相应结果. 研究发现：5d原子取代B（B_5d）时体系的局域对称性接近于C_3v,但是取代N（N_5d）时体系的局域对称性偏离C_3v对称性较大;利用相同的5d原子进行掺杂时,B_5d的成键能比N_5d的成键能大;对于B_5d或者N_5d,其成键能基本上随着5d原子的原子序数的增大而降低;掺杂体系中出现了明显的杂质能级,给出了态密度等结果;不同掺杂情况的磁矩不同,取代B 时体系的总磁矩呈现出较强的规律性. 利用对称性和分子轨道理论解释了5d原子取代B时杂质能级的产生和磁性的变化规律. 关键词： 第一性原理计算 5d过渡金属原子 氮化硼纳米管 密度泛函理论     

5d过渡金属原子吸附氮化硼纳米管的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法, 研究了氮化硼纳米管六元环中心吸附5d过渡金属原子后体系的几何结构, 电子结构和磁性性质. 研究发现, 吸附原子向一个氮原子或硼原子偏移; 吸附体系在费米能级附近出现明显的杂质能级; 各个体系的总磁矩随原子序数出现规律性变化, 局域磁矩主要分布在吸附原子上.     

具有层状结构过渡金属硼化物硬度机理的研究

过渡金属硼化物(TMBs)由于其具有非常强的B-B共价键和TM-B键一直被科研工作者认为是潜在的超硬材料。被理论预测为超硬材料的过渡金属硼化物大多具有过渡金属层和硼层交替分布的层状结构。目前,被预测为超硬材料的过渡金属硼化物都已经被实验合成,并且证明都不是超硬材料。然而却很少有理论解释在过渡金属硼化物中为什么不能形成超硬材料。本文以具有金属层和硼层交替分布的层状结构的二硼化铼、二硼化钨和二硼化钼为研究对象。通过对比其层间化学键的强度和硬度关系发现层间的TM-B化学键是决定过渡金属硼化物硬度的关键。在3种过渡金属硼化物中层间的化学键都表现出非常强的离子性。层间的离子键是导致具有层状结构过渡金属硼化物不能成为超硬材料的主要原因。此研究对理解TMBs的硬度机理以及设计新型的超硬材料具有重要的意义。     

Structure,Electronic, and Mechanical Properties of Three Fully Hydrogenation h-BN:Theoretical Investigations

The structural, electronic, elastic, mechanical properties and stress-strain relationship of chair, boat, and stirrup conformers of fully hydrogenated h-BN(fh-BN) are investigated in this work using the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof(PBE) function in the frame of density functional theory. The achieved results for the lattice parameters and band gaps of three conformers in this research are in good accordance with other theoretical results. The band structures of three conformers show that the chair, boat, and stirrup are direct band gap with a band gaps of(3.12, 4.95, and4.95 e V), respectively. To regulate the band structures of fh-BN, we employ a hybrid functional of Heyd-ScuseriaErnzerhof(HSE06) calculations and the band gaps are 3.84(chair), 6.12(boat), and 6.18 e V(stirrup), respectively.The boat and stirrup fh-BN exhibits varying degrees of mechanical anisotropic properties with respect to the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio, while the chair fh-BN exhibits the mechanical isotropic properties. Furthermore, tensile strains are applied in the armchair and zigzag directions related to tensile deformation of zigzag and armchair nanotubes,respectively. We find that the ultimate strains in zigzag and armchair deformations in stirrup conformer are 0.34 and0.25, respectively, larger than the strains of zigzag(0.29) and armchair(0.18) deformations in h-BN although h-BN can surstain a surface tension up to the maximum stresses higher than those of three conformers of fh-BN. Furthermore, the band gap energies in three conformers can be modulated effectively with the biaxial tensile strain.     

Prediction of Pressure-Induced Structural Transition and Mechanical Properties of Mg Y from First-Principles Calculations

Using the particle swarm optimization algorithm on crystal structure prediction,we first predict that Mg Y alloy undergoes a first-order phase transition from Cs Cl phase to P4/NMM phase at about 55 GPa with a small volume collapse of 2.63%.The dynamical stability of P4/NMM phase at 55 GPa is evaluated by the phonon spectrum calculation and the electronic structure is discussed.The elastic constants are calculated,after which the bulk moduli,shear moduli,Young's modui,and Debye temperature are derived.The brittleness/ductile behavior,and anisotropy of two phases under pressure are discussed in details.Our results show that external pressure can change the brittle behavior to ductile at10 GPa for Cs Cl phase and improve the ductility of Mg Y alloy.As pressure increases,the elastic anisotropy in shear of Cs Cl phase decreases,while that of P4/NMM phase remains nearly constant.The elastic anisotropic constructions of the directional dependences of reciprocals of bulk modulus and Young's modulus are also calculated and discussed.     

高压下CaF2结构相变和光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方法,计算了在压力作用下CaF2的结构相变和光学性质。结果证实了CaF2的压致结构转变的顺序是从氟石结构(空间群Fm3m)转变到PbCl2型结构(空间群Pnma),然后继续转变为Ni2In型结构(空间群P63/mmc)。在Fm3m和Pnma两种结构中,电子带隙随着压力的增加而增加,而在P63/mmc结构中,带隙随着压力的增加开始下降。实验结果显示,直到210 GPa,CaF2没有发生由绝缘体到金属的转变。据此推测,CaF2的金属化压力高于300 GPa。还讨论了压力对CaF2光学性质的影响。     

First-principles study of structural,elastic, electronic and optical properties of RDX under pressure

ABSTRACT

The influences of pressure on structural, elastic, electronic and optical properties of α-RDX under pressure from 0 to 40?GPa have been investigated by performing first-principles calculations. The obtained structural parameters based on the GGA-PBE+G calculations are consistent with previous experimental values. The results of B/G, C₁₂-C₄₄ and Poisson's ratio show that α-RDX has changed to ductility under pressure between 0 and 5?GPa. The obvious rotation of NO₂ group in the equatorial position appears, especially in the range of pressure from 10 to 15?GPa, which influences the elastic and mechanical properties of α-RDX. Moreover, we find that the electrons of α-RDX become more active under higher pressure by comparing the curves of DOS under different pressure. Furthermore, the anisotropy of optical properties under different pressures has been shown.     

Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Double Perovskite Ca2CrSbO6

First-principles calculations have been performed for the study of the electronic band structure and ferromagnetic properties of double perovskite Ca2CrSbO6. The density of states, total energy, spin magnetic moment, and charge density were calculated and analyzed in details. It is found that Ca2CrSbO6 has a stable ferromagnetic ground state and the spin magnetic moment per molecule is about 2.99#B. The chromium contributes the most in the total magnetic moments. The results indicate that Ca2CrSbO6 is half-metallic.     

First-principles investigation of the electronic structure and magnetism of eskolaite

The electronic structure and magnetism of eskolaite are studied by using first-principles calculations where the on-site Coulomb interaction and the exchange interaction are taken into account and the LSDA+U method is used. The calculated energies of magnetic configurations are very well fitted by the Heisenberg Hamiltonian with interactions in five neighbour shells; interaction with two nearest neighbours is found to be dominant. The Néel temperature is calculated in the spin-3/2 pair-cluster approximation. It is found that the measurements are in good agreement with the calculations of lattice parameters, density of states, band gap, local magnetic moment, and the Néel temperature for the values of U and J that are close to those obtained within the constrained occupation method. The band gap is of the Mott--Hubbard type.     

Predictions of mechanical and thermodynamic properties of Mg17Al12 and Mg2Sn from first-principles calculations

Using first-principles calculations, we predict mechanical and thermodynamic properties of both Mg₁₇Al₁₂ and Mg₂Sn precipitates in Mg–Al–Sn alloys. The elastic properties including the polycrystalline bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Lame’s coefficients and Poisson’s ratio of both Mg₁₇Al₁₂ and Mg₂Sn phases are determined with the Voigt–Reuss–Hill approximation. Our results of equilibrium lattice constants agree closely with previous experimental and other theoretical results. The ductility and brittleness of the two phases are characterized with the estimation from Cauchy pressure and the value of B/G. Mechanical anisotropy is characterized by the anisotropic factors and direction-dependent Young’s modulus. The higher Debye temperature of Mg₁₇Al₁₂ phase means that it has a higher thermal conductivity and strength of chemical bonding relative to Mg₂Sn. The anisotropic sound velocities also indicate the elastic anisotropies of both phase structures. Additionally, density of states and Mulliken population analysis are performed to reveal the bonding nature of both phases. The calculations associated with phonon properties indicate the dynamical stability of both phase structures. The temperature dependences of thermodynamic properties of the two phases are predicted via the quasi-harmonic approximation.     

Prediction of novel ultra-incompressibility compounds TM2B (TM=Mo,W, Re and Os) by first-principles calculations

Abstract

Several novel ultra-incompressibility compounds TM₂B (TM = Mo, W, Re and Os) have been predicted by means of the first-principles calculations. Those novel compounds were assumed to have a ReB₂-type structure [P6₃/mmc space group (No.194, Z = 2), atomic sites: TM 4f (2/3, 1/3, z), B 2c (1/3, 2/3, 1/4)]. We calculated the mechanical properties of the TM₂B, and the results reveal that they exhibit brittle behaviour and mechanically stable. The hardness values are 23.8 GPa, 23.3 GPa, 26.6 GPa and 26.3 GPa for Mo₂B, W₂B, Re₂B and Os₂B, respectively, which suggests that they are hard materials. Additionally, we found that the anisotropy of Re₂B is weaker than the others. Finally, the Mo₂B has the highest Debye temperature (905.8 K), while Os₂B has the lowest Debye temperature (615.5 K). We hoped that our results can help to offer a theoretical data for future experimental work and application of TM₂B.     

V-Ta合金力学行为的计算与实验研究

用第一性原理方法计算V-Ta合金体系的弹性常数并对其力学性能进行评估.计算得到的杨氏模量、剪切模量、柯西压力及体模量与剪切模量等表明当合金中Ta的含量在10 wt.%左右时,合金具有较高的强度和良好的塑性.为了检验计算结果,合成了V-10 wt.%Ta,V-15 wt.%Ta,V-20 wt.%Ta等不同Ta含量体系,并对其力学性能进行表征,实验所得结果与计算相吻合,为通过计算设计合金提供了一种可行思路.     

V-5Cr-5Ti合金弹性和力学性质的第一性原理研究

V-5Cr-5Ti合金作为核聚变堆第一包层的主要候选结构材料之一,但对其力学性质的理论研究相对较少.采用随机固溶体模型,利用第一性原理方法计算出V-5Cr-5Ti合金的弹性常数、体模量、剪切模量、杨氏模量、泊松比和柯西压力等,并与计算出的纯钒的相关数值进行对比,结果表明V-5Cr-5Ti合金具有良好的塑性和强度,但其塑性要略低于纯钒的.并对加入氧原子后的V-5Cr-5Ti合金进行了相关计算,通过对比计算结果发现,由于氧原子的加入,使V-5Cr-5Ti合金的塑性和强度都出现了不同程度的降低.最后对V-5Cr-5Ti合金和纯钒的理论强度进行了计算,并绘制出两者的应力-应变关系图,通过对比再次验证了上面的结论.