First-principles study of phase stability and electronic properties of RhZr

First-principles calculations were carried out to investigate the structural stabilities and electronic properties of RhZr.The plane wave based pseudopotential method was used,in which both the local density approximation（LDA） and the generalized gradient approximation（GGA） implanted in the CASTEP code were employed.The internal positions of atoms in the unit cell were optimized and the ground state properties such as lattice parameter,density of state,cohesive energies and enthalpies of formation of ortho-RhZr and cubic-RhZr were calculated.The calculation results indicate that ortho-RhZr can form more easily than cubic-RhZr and the ortho-RhZr is more stable than cubic-RhZr.The density of states（DOS） reveals that the strong bonding in the Rh-Zr and Rh-Rh or Zr-Zr interaction chains accounts for the structural stability of ortho-RhZr and the hybridization between Rh-4d states and Zr-4d states is strong.

RhZr_2电子结构和弹性性质的第一性原理

通过基于密度泛函理论(Density Functional Theory,DFT)的第一性原理(First Principles),分别应用广义梯度近似(GGA)和局域密度近似(LDA)平面波超软赝势法,计算四方晶相RhZr2基态的电子结构和弹性系数矩阵。对四方晶相结构的RhZr2进行几何优化,对其能带结构、总态密度和分态密度以及差分电荷密度进行研究,并计算RhZr2晶体的原胞总能量与形成焓。计算得到RhZr2的弹性系数C11、C12、C13、C33、C44、C66分别为195.38、176.80、109.00、235.65、11.12、24.51GPa,体积模量为156.92(±2.22)GPa,在[100]、[010]和[001]方向上的杨氏模量分别为34.77、34.77、171.80GPa,切变模量Gxy、Gzx、Gzy分别为24.79、14.57、19.68GPa。