Determining the structure of phosphorus in phase IV |
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Authors: | Ishikawa Takahiro Nagara Hitose Kusakabe Koichi Suzuki Naoshi |
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Institution: | Division of Frontier Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan. ishikawa@aquarius.mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | We explore the unknown structure of phosphorus in phase IV (P-IV phase) based on first-principles calculations using the metadynamics simulation method. Starting from the simple cubic structure, we find a new modulated structure of the monoclinic lattice. The modulation is crucial to the stability of the structure. Through refining the structure further by changing the modulation period, we find the structure whose x-ray powder diffraction pattern is in best agreement with the experimental pattern. We expect that the modulation period of the structure in the P-IV phase is very close to that found in this study and probably incommensurate. |
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