The electronic structures and properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3 have been studied according to the first principles by using the all-electron projector-augmented-wave (PAW) method.The local density approximation (LDA)+...The electronic structures and properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3 have been studied according to the first principles by using the all-electron projector-augmented-wave (PAW) method.The local density approximation (LDA)+U and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA)+U formalisms have been used to account for the strong on-site Coulomb repulsion among the localized Pu 5f electrons.We discuss how the properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3 are affected by choosing the values of U and exchange-correlation potential.Also,the oxidation reaction of Pu 2 O 3,leading to the formation of PuO 2,and its dependence on U and exchange-correlation potential have been studied.Our results show that by choosing an appropriate U it is possible to consistently describe structural,electronic,and thermodynamic properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3,which enable the modelling of the redox process involving Pu-based materials.展开更多
Theoretical investigation of the phase equilibria of the Fe-Ni alloy has been performed by combining the FLAPW total energy calculations and the Cluster Variation Method through the Cluster Expansion Method. The calcu...Theoretical investigation of the phase equilibria of the Fe-Ni alloy has been performed by combining the FLAPW total energy calculations and the Cluster Variation Method through the Cluster Expansion Method. The calcula- tions have proved the stabilization of the L12 phase at 1:3 stoichiometry, which is in agreement with the experimental result, and predicted the existence of L10 as a stable phase below 550 K; this L10 phase has been missing in the conventional phase diagram. The calculations are extended to the Fe-rich region that is characterized by a wide range phase separation and has drawn considerable attention because of the intriguing Invar property associated with a Fe concentration of 65%. To reveal the origin of the phase separation, a P-V curve in an entire concentration range is derived by the second derivative of free energy functional of the disordered phase with respect to the volume. The calculation confirmed that the phase separation is caused by the breakdown of the mechanical-stability criterion. The newly calculated phase separation line combined with the L10 and L12 order-disordered phase boundaries provides phase equilibria in the wider concentration range of the system. Furthermore, a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is attempted by incorporating the thermal vibration effect through harmonic approximation of the Debye–Gruneisen model. The Invar behavior has been reproduced, and the origin of this anomalous volume change has been discussed.展开更多
In this paper the elastic and thermodynamic properties of the cubic zinc-blende structure BeS at different pressures and temperatures are investigated by using ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional t...In this paper the elastic and thermodynamic properties of the cubic zinc-blende structure BeS at different pressures and temperatures are investigated by using ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA).The calculated results are in excellent agreement with the available experimental data and other theoretical results.It is found that the zinc-blende structure BeS should be unstable above 60GPa.The thermodynamic properties of the zinc-blende structure BeS are predicted by using the quasi-harmonic Debye model.The pressure-volume-temperature (P V T) relationship,the variations of the thermal expansion coefficient α and the heat capacity C V with pressure P and temperature T,as well as the Gru¨neisen parameter-pressure-temperature (γ P T) relationship are obtained systematically in the ranges of 0-90GPa and 0-2000K.展开更多
The phase transition of SrS from NaCl structure (B1) to CsCl structure (B2) is investigated by means of ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory,and the thermodynamic properties of the B1 and the...The phase transition of SrS from NaCl structure (B1) to CsCl structure (B2) is investigated by means of ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory,and the thermodynamic properties of the B1 and the B2 structures are obtained through the quasi-harmonic Debye model.It is found that the transition phase from the B1 to the B2 structures occurs at 17.9 GPa,which is in good agreement with experimental data and other calculated results.Moreover,the thermodynamic properties (including specific heat capacity,the Debye temperature,thermal expansion and Gru¨neisen parameter) have also been obtained successfully.展开更多
A series of Mn-doped ZnO films have been prepared in different sputtering plasmas by using the inductively coupled plasma enhanced physical vapour deposition.The films show paramagnetic behaviour when they are deposit...A series of Mn-doped ZnO films have been prepared in different sputtering plasmas by using the inductively coupled plasma enhanced physical vapour deposition.The films show paramagnetic behaviour when they are deposited in an argon plasma.The Hall measurement indicates that ferromagnetism cannot be realized by increasing the electron concentration.However,the room-temperature ferromagnetism is obtained when the films are deposited in a mixed argon-nitrogen plasma.The first-principles calculations reveal that antiferromagnetic ordering is favoured in the case of the substitution of Mn 2+ for Zn 2+ without additional acceptor doping.The substitution of N for O (N O) is necessary to induce ferromagnetic couplings in the Zn-Mn-O system.The hybridization between N 2p and Mn 3d provides an empty orbit around the Fermi level.The hopping of Mn 3d electrons through the empty orbit can induce the ferromagnetic coupling.The ferromagnetism in the N-doped Zn-Mn-O system possibly originates from the charge transfer between Mn 2+ and Mn 3+ via N O.The key factor is the empty orbit provided by substituting N for O,rather than the conductivity type or the carrier concentration.展开更多
We use a first-principles plane wave method with the new relativistic analytic pseudopotential of the Hartwigsen,Goedecker and Hurter (HGH) scheme and the pseudopotential of the Troullier-Martins scheme to calculate t...We use a first-principles plane wave method with the new relativistic analytic pseudopotential of the Hartwigsen,Goedecker and Hurter (HGH) scheme and the pseudopotential of the Troullier-Martins scheme to calculate the eleetron-phonon coupling constant λ of superconducting MgB2. The calculated results show that there is a peak at about 300-350cm^-1 in the eleetron-phonon spectral functional α2F(ω), duo to the coupling of the electrons to the acoustic phonon, and the relativistic effect appears in the high frequencies zone. All the results agree well with the present and previous experimental data,展开更多
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文摘The electronic structures and properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3 have been studied according to the first principles by using the all-electron projector-augmented-wave (PAW) method.The local density approximation (LDA)+U and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA)+U formalisms have been used to account for the strong on-site Coulomb repulsion among the localized Pu 5f electrons.We discuss how the properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3 are affected by choosing the values of U and exchange-correlation potential.Also,the oxidation reaction of Pu 2 O 3,leading to the formation of PuO 2,and its dependence on U and exchange-correlation potential have been studied.Our results show that by choosing an appropriate U it is possible to consistently describe structural,electronic,and thermodynamic properties of PuO 2 and Pu 2 O 3,which enable the modelling of the redox process involving Pu-based materials.
文摘Theoretical investigation of the phase equilibria of the Fe-Ni alloy has been performed by combining the FLAPW total energy calculations and the Cluster Variation Method through the Cluster Expansion Method. The calcula- tions have proved the stabilization of the L12 phase at 1:3 stoichiometry, which is in agreement with the experimental result, and predicted the existence of L10 as a stable phase below 550 K; this L10 phase has been missing in the conventional phase diagram. The calculations are extended to the Fe-rich region that is characterized by a wide range phase separation and has drawn considerable attention because of the intriguing Invar property associated with a Fe concentration of 65%. To reveal the origin of the phase separation, a P-V curve in an entire concentration range is derived by the second derivative of free energy functional of the disordered phase with respect to the volume. The calculation confirmed that the phase separation is caused by the breakdown of the mechanical-stability criterion. The newly calculated phase separation line combined with the L10 and L12 order-disordered phase boundaries provides phase equilibria in the wider concentration range of the system. Furthermore, a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is attempted by incorporating the thermal vibration effect through harmonic approximation of the Debye–Gruneisen model. The Invar behavior has been reproduced, and the origin of this anomalous volume change has been discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10576020)the NSAF (Grant No 10776022)
文摘In this paper the elastic and thermodynamic properties of the cubic zinc-blende structure BeS at different pressures and temperatures are investigated by using ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA).The calculated results are in excellent agreement with the available experimental data and other theoretical results.It is found that the zinc-blende structure BeS should be unstable above 60GPa.The thermodynamic properties of the zinc-blende structure BeS are predicted by using the quasi-harmonic Debye model.The pressure-volume-temperature (P V T) relationship,the variations of the thermal expansion coefficient α and the heat capacity C V with pressure P and temperature T,as well as the Gru¨neisen parameter-pressure-temperature (γ P T) relationship are obtained systematically in the ranges of 0-90GPa and 0-2000K.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10576020) and by the SRF for R0CS of SEM of China (Grant No 2004176-6-4).
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10576020)the NSAF (Grant No 10776022)
文摘The phase transition of SrS from NaCl structure (B1) to CsCl structure (B2) is investigated by means of ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory,and the thermodynamic properties of the B1 and the B2 structures are obtained through the quasi-harmonic Debye model.It is found that the transition phase from the B1 to the B2 structures occurs at 17.9 GPa,which is in good agreement with experimental data and other calculated results.Moreover,the thermodynamic properties (including specific heat capacity,the Debye temperature,thermal expansion and Gru¨neisen parameter) have also been obtained successfully.
基金Project supported by the Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center (Grant No 0452nm071)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 50702071 and 50772122)
文摘A series of Mn-doped ZnO films have been prepared in different sputtering plasmas by using the inductively coupled plasma enhanced physical vapour deposition.The films show paramagnetic behaviour when they are deposited in an argon plasma.The Hall measurement indicates that ferromagnetism cannot be realized by increasing the electron concentration.However,the room-temperature ferromagnetism is obtained when the films are deposited in a mixed argon-nitrogen plasma.The first-principles calculations reveal that antiferromagnetic ordering is favoured in the case of the substitution of Mn 2+ for Zn 2+ without additional acceptor doping.The substitution of N for O (N O) is necessary to induce ferromagnetic couplings in the Zn-Mn-O system.The hybridization between N 2p and Mn 3d provides an empty orbit around the Fermi level.The hopping of Mn 3d electrons through the empty orbit can induce the ferromagnetic coupling.The ferromagnetism in the N-doped Zn-Mn-O system possibly originates from the charge transfer between Mn 2+ and Mn 3+ via N O.The key factor is the empty orbit provided by substituting N for O,rather than the conductivity type or the carrier concentration.
文摘We use a first-principles plane wave method with the new relativistic analytic pseudopotential of the Hartwigsen,Goedecker and Hurter (HGH) scheme and the pseudopotential of the Troullier-Martins scheme to calculate the eleetron-phonon coupling constant λ of superconducting MgB2. The calculated results show that there is a peak at about 300-350cm^-1 in the eleetron-phonon spectral functional α2F(ω), duo to the coupling of the electrons to the acoustic phonon, and the relativistic effect appears in the high frequencies zone. All the results agree well with the present and previous experimental data,