超导体MgB2弹性常数的第一原理计算

利用全势线性muffin-tin轨道(FP-LMTO)方法, 结合在密度泛函理论框架下的广义梯度近似, 研究了六角密堆积结构超导体MgB2的晶格参数, 弹性常数, 以及体积模量及其对压强的微分. 计算结果显示当晶格参数c和a的比率c/a大约为1.138时, MgB2的结构最稳定.本文所得到的计算结果与实验值及其他作者利用不同方法得到的计算值相符合.     

高压下碱卤晶体的三参量等温状态方程

 由等温体积弹性模量的定义及其与压强关系的假设出发,导出了一个新的适用于高压下碱卤晶体的三参量等温状态方程。计算了室温下NaCl晶体在0～30 GPa压强范围内、CsCl晶体在0～40 GPa压强范围内的相对体积以及NaCl晶体在0～30 GPa压强范围内的等温体积弹性模量,计算结果与实验值一致。对等温体积弹性模量及其对压强的一阶、二阶导数与压强的关系进行了讨论,指出压强趋于无穷大时的等温体积弹性模量是常数。     

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.     

高压下SiO_2的第一性原理计算

基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理,采用Hartree-Fork(HF)方法,分别计算了Si O2的α-石英结构、金红石结构以及氯化钙结构的总能量随体积的变化关系。利用Murnaghan状态方程,通过能量和体积拟合,得到了3种结构的体变模量及其对压强的一阶导数。计算结果表明,随着压强的增加,Si O2会从α-石英结构转变为金红石结构,与实验结果和其它理论结果一致;金红石结构与氯化钙结构之间不存在相变,可以共存。此外,对具有α-石英结构的Si O2的晶格常数、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:加压作用下,能带向高能方向移动,Si─O键缩短,电子数转移增加,带隙展宽,电荷发生重新分布。     

四方、单斜和正交Ge3N4的结构、电子结构和热力学性质

数值计算了四方、单斜和正交结构Ge₃N₄的点阵常数、晶胞体积、弹性模量、维氏硬度和态密度.计算结果与已有的实验数据和理论值符合得很好.形成焓为负、晶格形变和晶胞体积随压强呈线性变化,表明三种相在0~20 GPa压强范围内可以保持结构稳定.态密度研究表明三种氮化锗内部存在强烈的s-p杂化.三种相都属于脆性半导体材料,具备各向异性且硬度适中.采用包含原子振动和非谐效应的准谐波近似方案,研究材料的热力学性质,发现压强对赫姆霍兹自由能和内能有显著影响.结果为进一步理解氮化锗三种新结构的电子结构和热力学性质提供初步的物理图像.     

四方、单斜和正交Ge_3N_4的结构、电子结构和热力学性质（英文）

数值计算了四方、单斜和正交结构Ge_3N_4的点阵常数、晶胞体积、弹性模量、维氏硬度和态密度.计算结果与已有的实验数据和理论值符合得很好.形成焓为负、晶格形变和晶胞体积随压强呈线性变化,表明三种相在0~20 GPa压强范围内可以保持结构稳定.态密度研究表明三种氮化锗内部存在强烈的s-p杂化.三种相都属于脆性半导体材料,具备各向异性且硬度适中.采用包含原子振动和非谐效应的准谐波近似方案,研究材料的热力学性质,发现压强对赫姆霍兹自由能和内能有显著影响.结果为进一步理解氮化锗三种新结构的电子结构和热力学性质提供初步的物理图像.     

航天新材料金属锆的压缩行为

在密度泛函理论的基础上,运用局域密度近似(LDA)和广义梯度近似(GGA)两种方法,并通过第一性原理等方法对锆晶体在0～50 GPa下的物理性质进行了深入、系统的研究.结果表明,相比于广义梯度近似的计算结果而言,局域密度近似的计算结果和实验值更接近,但两者相差不是很大.并通过经典方法对锆晶体模拟计算了高压下的结构性质,得到的结果表明,在讨论的压强范围内,晶格参数与晶胞体积发生了非线性的变化,然而晶胞能量却随压强线性变化.通过对其相应的弹性性质的分析,发现随着压强的增大,锆晶体获得较好的延展性以及力学的稳定性.同时还得到了关于金属锆的能带结构特性及其光学性质,证实压强的改变对金属锆电子性质不会带来太大影响.     

0～15 GPa外压下ZnO结构相变的第一性原理研究

利用第一性原理的计算方法,结合热力学和弹性力学的计算详细分析0～15 GPa外压下ZnO的结构、弹性模量和电子结构.结果表明:在研究压强范围内,B4结构的ZnO能量始终比B3结构的低,但随着外压的增加,无论是B4结构还是B3结构,都会在一定压强下转变成B1结构.B4至B1的压强转变点为12.4 GPa,B3至B1的压强转变点是11.8 GPa.B4结构转变成B1结构的瞬间,体系体积缩小约17%.结果与已有的实验与理论结果相符.B4结构的ZnO剪切模量在6～8 GPa时急剧下降,与已有的实验和理论计算结果相符.电子结构特征表明,随着外压的增强,体系中Zn 3d电子与O 2p电子相互作用减弱.     

第一性原理计算航天新材料金属锆的压缩行为

在密度泛函理论的基础上,运用局域密度近似(LDA)和广义梯度近似(GGA)两种方法,并通过第一性原理等方法对锆晶体在0到50GPa下的物理性质进行了深入、系统的研究。结果表明,相比于广义梯度近似的计算结果而言,局域密度近似的计算结果和实验值更接近,但两者相差不是很大。并通过经典方法对锆晶体模拟计算了高压下的结构性质,得到的结果表明,在讨论的压强范围内,晶格参数与晶胞体积发生了非线性的变化,然而晶胞能量却随压强线性变化。通过对其相应的弹性性质的分析,发现随着压强的增大,锆晶体获得较好的延展性以及力学的稳定性。同时还得到了关于金属锆的能带结构特性及其光学性质,证实压强的改变对金属锆电子性质不会带来太大影响。     

Fe的结构与物性及其压力效应的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的平面波赝势方法，计算了Fe的几种不同晶体结构的总能量曲线，对HCP结构下晶体结构参数c/a随压强的变化关系做计算分析. 能量计算精度取为0.01 eV/atom. 计算得出： 1) 零温下Fe从bcc到hcp结构的相变压强约为15 GPa，与实验结果相一致； 2) 压强的升高会导致Fe的磁矩减小，最终破坏Fe的磁性； 3) 压强升高引起hcp晶体结构参数c/a缓慢增大，而在地核压强(135—360 GPa)范围内，c/a取常量约1.59能够满足计算精度的要求. 关键词： 第一性原理计算 压力效应 Fe的结构与物性     

Metamagnetism of hexagonal iron

Summary We present the results of the fixed-spin-moment, self-consistent LMTO electronic structure calculations for hexagonal phase of iron. The relative stability of the nonmagnetic and ferromagnetic phases is discussed along with the magnetic and mechanical equations of state. It is shown that hexagonal Fe is metamagnetic with the nonmagnetic ground state, but at a sufficiently large atomic volume the system prefers a ferromagnetic solution at rather low internal magnetic pressure. These findings seem to be well correlated with the properties of the hexagonal Fe that has recently been grown epitaxially on the Ru substrate.     

Magnetic instabilities in Fe3C cementite particles observed with Fe K-edge x-ray circular dichroism under pressure

The ferromagnetic interstitial iron compound Fe(3)C (cementite) is expected to have Invar properties, whereby a high-moment to low-moment transition should occur when the atomic volume is reduced below a critical value. We, therefore, examine the pressure dependence of the Fe K-edge x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in Fe(3)C at ambient temperature and pressures up to 20 GPa. We find clear evidence for a high-moment to low-moment transition around 10 GPa.     

Structural properties of BCC and FCC iron: LMTO-ASA-Stoner calculations

The LMTO-ASA (Linear Muffin-Tin Orbitals - Atomic Spheres Approximation) calculations of structural properties of BCC and FCC iron were performed. The ground-state magnetic properties: ferromagnetic contributions to the total energy and magnetic moments, were found by making use of the Stoner theory of itenerant ferromagnetism, rather than spin-polarized calculations. This enabled us to circumvent the difficulty resulting from using the traditional local spin-density approximation which is known to have failed predicting correctly the energetics of iron phases. The Stoner exchange parameter, I, was calculated from the linear response theory as a function of volume. Then a constant enhancement factor, β, was introduced and the new Stoner parameter, ββI, was used in all the calculations. The factor β was found by fitting the equilibrium atomic volume of the ferromagnetic BCC phase to its experimental value. No other adjustments of any quantities were performed. The calculations revealed that the nonmagnetic BCC modification was unstable with respect to the spontaneous magnetization. Ferromagnetism stabilizes the BCC phase. The calculated bulk moduli, magnetic moments and the BCC-FCC energy difference are in good agreement with the available experimental data.     

The role of iron in neurodegeneration--M?ssbauer spectroscopy, electron microscopy, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and neuroimaging studies

The possible role of iron in neurodegeneration was studied by various techniques: electron microscopy, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, M?ssbauer spectroscopy, atomic absorption, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. The measurements were made on human tissues extracted from liver and from brain structures involved in diseases of the human brain: substantia nigra (Parkinson's, PD), hippocampal cortex (Alzheimer's, AD) and globus pallidus (progressive supranuclear palsy, PSP). The sizes of the iron cores of ferritin, the main iron storage compound in tissues, were found to be smaller in brain than in liver. Brain ferritin has a higher proportion of H to L chains compared to liver. A significant decrease of the concentration of L chains in PD compared to control was found. No increase in the concentration of iron in PD versus control was detected; however, there was an increase of labile iron, which constitutes only 2‰ of brain iron. In AD an increase in the concentration of ferritin was noticed, without a significant increase in iron concentration. In PSP an increase of total iron was observed. Our findings suggest that the mechanisms leading to the death of nerve cells in these three diseases may be different, although all may be related to iron mediated oxidative stress.     

Origin of the anomalies and thermodynamic aspects in iron-nickel invar alloys

The thermodynamic properties of Fe-Ni Invar alloys are analyzed in terms of the theoretical results obtained in the itinerant electron model accompanying in the mixing of the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases with different atomic volumes. All the anomalies in Fe-Ni Invar alloys are explained by the effect of a large magnetovolume coupling and this large coupling is attributed to the magnetic transformation due to the changes in temperature, magnetic field and pressure. There is also an enhancement due to the magnetovoume coupling to the high-field susceptibility, compressibility and forced magnetostriction. The pressure dependence of T_c is also discussed.     

Magnetic contribution to the atomic volume of Co,Fe, Mn and Fe-3d metal alloys

The atomic volumes of the polymorphic 3d elements Mn, Fe and Co, and the average atomic volumes of alloys of Fe with Ni, Co, Mn, Cr and V are examined using a simple magnetovolume relation presented previously. The variation of the atomic volumes of the elements and of the alloys is shown to follow the variations in the magnetic moments associated with the atom through this relation.     

Study of local magnetic non-homogeneities in disordered magnetics by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy

The analysis of the results of experimental studies of hyperfine interactions in disordered magnetics Fe_1?y Pd_y and FePd₂Au presented in the given work allowed to establish the interrelation between their atomic and magnetic structures. The magnetic moments of iron atoms in these alloys were defined and the character of their dependences on local atomic environment was clarified. The prevailing effect of local atomic environment on magnetic states realizing in FePd₂Au alloy was approved.     

Density-functional calculations of alpha, beta, gamma, delta, delta', and epsilon plutonium

Total energies for the six known polymorphs of plutonium metal have been calculated within spin and orbital polarized density-functional theory as a function of lattice constant. Theoretical equilibrium volumes and bulk moduli correspond well with experimental data and the calculated total energies are consistent with the known phase diagram of Pu. It is shown that a preference for the formation of magnetic moments, increasing through the alpha-->beta-->gamma phases, explains their position in the ambient pressure phase diagram and their anomalous variation of atomic density. A simple model is presented that establishes a relationship between atomic density, crystal symmetry, and magnetic moments which is universally valid for all Pu phases.     

四种非晶磁性合金在流体静高压下的磁化特性

 在0.000 1~2.4 GPa流体静压力范围选30~36个压力点详细测量出FeCoNiSiVB、FeSiB、FeCrSiB和FeCoSiB四种非晶合金磁化曲线和磁导率曲线的压力效应，并采用多项式精确拟合和计算机逐点比较求出四种非晶合金饱和磁感应强度B_s最大磁导率μ_max与压力的关系。发现：（1）总趋势是B_s和μ_max都随压力增加而减小；（2）在2~3各压力区B_s和μ_max皆呈现反常增高。“（1）”可归因于交换积分常数A随原子间距减小而减小，导致磁畴内自发磁化强度下降；“（2）”可能由于在某些窄的压力范围内静水压能够促进非晶合金微结构的短程有序化。     

Peculiarities of FeSi phonon spectrum induced by a change of atomic volume

We analyze in detail the results of experimental investigations of the evolution of the thermal vibration spectra for iron atoms in iron monosilicide FeSi depending on two external parameters, viz., temperature T (in the range 46–297 K at pressure P = 0.1 MPa) and pressure P (in the range 0.1 MPa–43 GPa at temperature T = 297 K), obtained by nuclear inelastic scattering of synchrotron radiation. The decrease of the atomic volume is accompanied by a rearrangement of the phonon spectrum, which is manifested, in particular, in the splitting of the low-energy peak in the spectrum and in an increase of the energy for all phonons. The changes of the average energy of the iron atom vibrational spectrum and of the Debye energy with decreasing atomic volume are analyzed. Different versions of FeSi electron spectrum variation, which can be used to explain the observed phonon anomalies, are considered.