Theory of electronic structure and nuclear quadrupole interactions in the BF3–NH3 complex and methyl derivatives

Magnetic Hyperfine and Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions (HFI and NQI) are now important tools for characterization of systems of interest in materials research and industry. Boron-Trifluoride is an inorganic compound that is very important in this respect as a catalyst in chemical physics research and industry, forming complexes in the process with compounds like ammonia, water and methyl alcohol. The present paper deals with the BF₃–NH₃ complex and methyl derivatives BF₃NH_x(CH₃)_3?x for which we have studied the electronic structures, binding energies, and ¹⁹F* (I?=?5/2) nuclear quadrupole interactions using the first-principles Hartree–Fock–Roothaan procedure combined with electron correlation effects. Our results for the ¹⁹F* nuclear quadrupole coupling constant (e ² qQ/h) in units of MHz compare well with experiment. Trends in the binding energies and NQI parameters between the complexes are discussed.     

SrTiO3(001)表面上Au和N原子相互作用的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法研究了SrTiO₃(001)表面上Au和N原子间相互作用的微观机理.通过比较分析N置换表面层O原子前后SrTiO₃(001)表面吸附Au原子体系的相关能量和电子结构,发现SrTiO₃(001)表面吸附Au原子和N替代表面层O原子的置换过程二者之间存在明显的"协同效应",即N原子置换SrTiO₃(001)表面层O原子的过程增强了相应表面吸附Au原子的稳定性,而SrTiO关键词： 表面结构 相互作用 第一性原理     

Understanding of nuclear quadrupole interactions of 35 Cl, 79 Br and 129 I and binding energies of solid halogens at first-principles level

This paper deals with the understanding at a first-principles level of the nuclear quadrupole interaction (NQI) parameters of solid chlorine, bromine and iodine as well as the intermolecular binding of these molecules in the solid. The electronic structure investigations that we have carried out to study these properties of the solid halogens are based on the Hartree–Fock Cluster approach using the Roothaan variational procedure with electron correlation effects included using many-body perturbation theory with the empty orbitals used in the perturbation theory investigations for the excited states. The results of our investigations provide good agreement with the measured NQI parameters primarily from the Hartree–Fock one electron wave-functions with many-body effects making minor contributions. The binding (dissociation) energies for the molecules with the solid state environment on the other hand arises from intermolecular many body effects identified as the Van der Waals attraction with one-electron Hartree–Fock contribution being repulsive in nature.     

Differences between pairing and zero-range effective interactions for nuclear binding energies

In this paper, we show that, although the spectroscopic properties of the monopole pairing force and a zero-range delta-function interaction are very similar, their saturation properties are quite different. In particular, the predictions for binding energies when filling up a major shell are radically different past mid-shell. This has significant consequences for understanding the masses and binding energies of long isotopic chains of nuclei that will be accessible with advanced exotic beam facilities. Received: 29 November 2001 / Accepted: 13 February 2002     

Si在TiAl3中取代行为的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,研究了Si原子在TiAl3中的格点取代行为.通过对不同原子被置换后的c/a值、形成能以及电子态密度的计算和比较,发现Si原子倾向于取代TiAl3中的Al原子,其取代行为主要由系统的电子结构决定,计算结果与实验相符.为了进一步研究Si原子的取代行为,对Si原子占据的格点以松散或紧凑分布下体系的总能、形成能以及电子态密度进行了计算,结果表明Si原子倾向于取代TiAl3中松散分布的Al(2)原子.对c/a值的计算表明,随Al(2)格点Si原子浓度的增加,c/a值逐渐增大;而当Si取代Al(1)格点时,c/a值随Si原子浓度的增加而减小.研究表明,Si在TiAl3中的极限固溶度介于12.5at%-18.75at%之间.     

3d过渡金属磷系化合物半金属铁磁性的第一性原理研究

在基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的广义梯度近似(GGA)下,采用第一性原理平面波赝势(PWP)方法,对3d过渡金属磷系闪锌矿结构的化合物XY(X=V、Cr、Mn,Y=P、As、Sb)的电子结构进行了计算,通过分析它们的能带结构、态密度、磁矩等,发现除闪锌矿结构的化合物MnP和MnAs不是真正的半金属铁磁体外,其余闪锌矿结构的化合物在能带结构和态密度均体现出半金属特征.     

First principles study of the electron transport through cis-polyacetylene based molecular wires

The electron transport properties of cis-polyacetylene and cis-polyacetylene based molecular wires (oligo(cyclopentadiene), oligo(pyrrole), and oligo(furan)) have been studied theoretically using a combination of density-functional theory and non-equilibrium Green′s functions method. The results demonstrate that the introduction of bridging group X (X=CH₂, NH, and O) in cis-polyacetylene has a profound effect on the electron transport behavior of the molecules. The conductance of the four molecular wires decreases in the order of polyacetylene>oligo(cyclopentadiene)>oligo(furan)>oligo(pyrrole). In particular, the conductances of oligo(furan) and oligo(pyrrole) are much lower than those of polyacetylene and oligo(cyclopentadiene). The mechanism of this difference of electron transport properties of these four molecular systems is analyzed in terms of their geometric structures, electronic structures, transmission spectra, and spatial distribution of frontier orbitals. It is found that the energy levels of frontier molecular orbitals and the evolution of spatial distribution of frontier molecular orbitals with the applied bias are the essential reason for generating this difference of electron transport behaviors of the four molecular systems.     

First principles lattice dynamical study of the cubic antiperovskite compounds AsNBa3 and SbNBa3

An ab initio pseudopotential plane wave method using linear response approach has been employed to study the lattice dynamics of two cubic antiperovskites AsNBa₃ and SbNBa₃. The bulk properties, elastic constants, phonon dispersion curves, phonon density of states and temperature dependent thermodynamic quantities of both antiperovskites are obtained. The calculated lattice constants, elastic and bulk properties are compared with the available theoretical data. This is the first systematic and quantitative prediction of phonon and thermodynamical properties of these antiperovskite compounds.     

First principles study of Ca in BaTiO3 and Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3

BaTiO₃–Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃ is one of the promising candidates as a high-temperature relaxor with a high Curie temperature and several preferred dielectric characteristics. It has been found experimentally for a long time that adding calcium to BaTiO₃–Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃ improves its temperature characteristic of the capacitance [J. Electron. Mater. 39, 2471]. In this study, Calcium (Ca) defects in perovskite BaTiO₃ and Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃ have been studied based on first-principles calculations. In both BaTiO₃ and Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃, our calculations showed that Ca atom energetically prefers to substitute for the cations, that is Ba, Bi, Na and Ti, depending on the growth conditions. In most cases, Ca predominantly substitutes on the A-site without providing additional electrical carriers (serve as either neutral defects or self-compensating defects). The growth conditions where Ca can be forced to substitute for B-site (with limited amount) and the conditions where Ca can be forced to serve as an acceptor are identified. Details of the local structures, formation energies and electronic properties of these Ca defects are reported.     

First principles study of electronic structure and optical properties of CaTiO3

The electronic-energy band structure, site and angular momentum decomposed density of states (DOS) and charge-density contours of perovskite CaTiO ₃ are calculated by the first principles tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbitals method with atomic sphere approximation using density functional theory in its local density approximation. The calculated band structure shows an indirect (R-Γ) band gap of 1.5 eV. The total DOS as well as the partial density of states (PDOS) are compared with the experimental photoemission spectra. The calculated DOS are in reasonable agreement with the experimental energy spectra and the features in the spectra are interpreted by a comparison of the spectra with the PDOS. The origin of the various experimentally observed bands have been explained. From the DOS analysis, as well as charge-density studies, we conclude that the bonding between Ca and TiO ₃ is mainly ionic and that the TiO ₃ entities bond covalently. Using the projected DOS and band structure we have analyzed the interband contribution to the optical properties of CaTiO ₃ . The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function and hence the optical constants such as refractive index and extinction coefficient are calculated. The calculated spectra are compared with the experimental results for CaTiO ₃ and are found to be in good agreement with the experimental results. The effective number of electrons per unit cell participating in the interband transitions are calculated. The role of band structure calculation as regards the optical properties of CaTiO ₃ is discussed. Received 1 February 2000 and Received in final form 21 July 2000     

Characteristics and nature of the halogen-bonding interactions between CCl3F and ozone: a supermolecular and SAPT study

The strength and nature of the halogen-bond interactions in CCl₃F···O₃ complexes were examined by means of ab initio quantum-chemical calculations and symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT). Our calculations predict a trifurcated C–Cl···O interaction for the global minimum of CCl₃F···O₃ complex and several local minima, differing slightly in energy, separated by very low barriers. The calculations, which include a rigorous decomposition of the interaction energies, also indicate that the interaction of CCl₃F molecule with O₃ is characterised by contributions from both electrostatic and dispersion energies, with the contribution of the latter being dominant. The evaluated SAPT interaction energies for the CCl₃F···O₃ complexes are generally in good agreement with those obtained using the supermolecule CCSD(T) method, suggesting that SAPT is a proper method to study the intermolecular interactions in these complexes.     

Aun(n=2,3,4)团簇与乙醇分子相互作用的第一性原理研究

利用密度泛函理论研究了Au_n(n=2,3,4)团簇与乙醇分子的吸附机理.研究结果表明:Au_n(n=2,3,4)团簇分别能够吸附1到n个乙醇分子,生成Au_n-(C₂H₆O)_1-n配合物;Au₄团簇吸附乙醇分子有多种构型,通过分析吸附能和Mulliken电荷分布,确定了4个乙醇分子的吸附顺序及相应的稳定构型;Au_n(n=3,4)团簇在吸附最后一个乙醇分子时改变了前面Au—O成键的作用模式,而是选择Au—H成键;作为吸附主体的金团簇和被吸附的乙醇分子在吸附前后构型变化都很少,它们之间的吸附作用为弱相互作用. 关键词： 金团簇 乙醇分子 密度泛函理论     

Interactions between vacancies and prismatic Σ3 grain boundary in α-Al_2O_3:First principles study

Interactions between vacancies and Σ3 prismatic screw-rotation grain boundary in α-Al_2O_3 are investigated by the first principles projector-augmented wave method.It turns out that the vacancy formation energy decreases with reducing the distance between vacancy and grain boundary(GB) plane and reaches the minimum on the GB plane(at the atomic layer next to the GB) for an O(Al) vacancy.The O vacancy located on the GB plane can attract other vacancies nearby to form an O–O di-vacancy while the Al vacancy cannot.Moreover,the O–O di-vacancy can further attract other O vacancies to form a zigzag O vacancy chain on the GB plane,which may have an influence on the diffusion behavior of small atoms such as H and He along the GB plane of α-Al_2O_3.     

First principles study of the electric polarization and of its switching in the multiferroic GaFeO3 system

The electric polarization in the multiferroic GaFeO(3) system is determined from its electronic structure using first principles methods and the modern theory of polarization. By carefully following the electric polarization on a path connecting the polar and centrosymmetric structures, it is found to be -25 μC cm(-2), which is ten times larger than a previous estimation given in the literature a few years ago and two times smaller than the value obtained in a recent similar study. The switching of this electric polarization through a centrosymmetric structure is discussed in terms of the total energy barrier. It is exhibited that such a switching is particularly difficult to achieve in relation to the tetrahedral environment of half of the Ga atoms. The switching via domain wall motion is also discussed.     

第一性原理研究hcp-C3碳体环材料的力学性质

为探索新型高强度材料, 使用第一性原理方法研究了hcp-C3碳体环材料的晶体结构、电子性质与力学性质. 结构计算与电子性质分析表明, 基于特殊的分子结构, 碳体环结构中出现了变形的sp³杂化形式. 这使得hcp-C3碳体环结构中力学特性具有明显的方向依赖性. 力学性质计算表明, 沿着[0001]晶向, 碳体环结构的弹性模量达到1033 GPa, 抗拉强度达到124.17 GPa, 抗压强度达到381.83 GPa, 沿[2110]晶向的抗压强度达到了458.34 GPa, 从而显示了hcp-C3碳体环材料优秀的力学性质. hcp-C3碳体环材料可作为新型的高强度材料而使用.     

A nuclear magnetic resonance study of molecular motion in solid diethylamine and in diethylamine clathrate deuterate

The proton magnetic resonance second moment and spin-lattice relaxation data are reported for the two solids namely pure diethylamine and diethylamine clathrate deuterate, over the temperature range 77 K to 270 K. The results indicate that in both materials the only motion which occurs at a rate great enough to affect the N.M.R. observables is methyl group reorientation and for such motion activation energies of (2·9₀±0·02) kcal mole^-1 and (2·3₄±0·02) kcal mole^-1 are obtained for pure diethylamine, and the deuterate, respectively. The strength of the dipolar interaction in the deuterate as estimated from both the second moment and the maximum in the temperature dependence of nuclear relaxation rate is consistent with a carbon-proton distance of 1·10 Å and a large degree of chemical exchange of the amine protons with the deuterons of D₂O.     

Nb在Ni3Al中取代行为及合金化效应的第一性原理研究

采用基于第一性原理的平面波赝势方法,研究了Nb原子在Ni₃Al中的格点取代行为及合金化效应.通过对不同原子被置换后体系的形成热、结合能及电子态密度的计算和比较,发现Nb原子倾向于取代Ni₃Al中的Al原子,其取代行为主要由系统的电子结构决定,计算结果与实验相符.为了进一步研究Nb原子的取代行为,对Nb原子占据的格点以松散或紧凑分布下体系的总能、形成热、结合能以及电子态密度进行了计算,结果表明Nb原子占据的格点更倾向于紧凑分布.为了研究Nb对Ni_{3关键词： 第一性原理 3}Al合金')" href="#">Ni₃Al合金 电子结构 合金化效应     

First principles study of hafnium intercalation between graphene and Ir(111) substrate

The intercalation of heteroatoms between graphene and metal substrates is a promising method for integrating epitaxial graphene with functional materials. Various elements and their oxides have been successfully intercalated into graphene/metal interfaces to form graphene-based heterostructures, showing potential applications in electronic devices. Here we theoretically investigate the hafnium intercalation between graphene and Ir(111). It is found that the penetration barrier of Hf atom is significantly large due to its large atomic radius, which suggests that hafnium intercalation should be carried out with low deposition doses of Hf atoms and high annealing temperatures. Our results show the different intercalation behaviors of a large-size atom and provide guidance for the integration of graphene and hafnium oxide in device applications.