We investigate the elastic and thermodynamic properties of nanolaminate VzA1C by using the ab initio pseudopotential total energy method. The axial compressibility shows that the c axis is always stiffer than a axis. ...We investigate the elastic and thermodynamic properties of nanolaminate VzA1C by using the ab initio pseudopotential total energy method. The axial compressibility shows that the c axis is always stiffer than a axis. The elastic constants revealed the structural instability at about 500 and 732 GPa. Furthermore, elastic constants C44 reached its maximum at about 550 GPa, dif- fering with the other four C^1, G2, C13 and 6"33 constants. The Poisson's ratio investigations demonstrated that a higher ionic or weaker covalent contribution in intra-atomic bonding and the degree of ionicity increases with pressure. The G/B and B]C44 investigations revealed that VzAIC is brittle and the brittleness decreases with pressure. Also, we found that V2A1C is elastic anisotropic materials and the degree of anisotropy rapidly rises with pressure. Study on Debye temperature and Grtineisen pa- rameter observed weak temperature and strong pressure responses, whereas the sensitive dependence in the thermal expansion coefficient and Helmholtz free energy are clearly seen.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10974139,10964002,11104247 and 11176020)the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou (Grant Nos.[2009]2066 and TZJF-2008-42)+2 种基金the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hainan (Grant No.110001)the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Chong Qing(Grant No.CSTCcstc2011jja90002)the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang (Grant No.Y201121807)
文摘We investigate the elastic and thermodynamic properties of nanolaminate VzA1C by using the ab initio pseudopotential total energy method. The axial compressibility shows that the c axis is always stiffer than a axis. The elastic constants revealed the structural instability at about 500 and 732 GPa. Furthermore, elastic constants C44 reached its maximum at about 550 GPa, dif- fering with the other four C^1, G2, C13 and 6"33 constants. The Poisson's ratio investigations demonstrated that a higher ionic or weaker covalent contribution in intra-atomic bonding and the degree of ionicity increases with pressure. The G/B and B]C44 investigations revealed that VzAIC is brittle and the brittleness decreases with pressure. Also, we found that V2A1C is elastic anisotropic materials and the degree of anisotropy rapidly rises with pressure. Study on Debye temperature and Grtineisen pa- rameter observed weak temperature and strong pressure responses, whereas the sensitive dependence in the thermal expansion coefficient and Helmholtz free energy are clearly seen.