Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Tetragonal Nb2Al Under High Pressure: First-Principles Calculations



Título del documento: Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Tetragonal Nb2Al Under High Pressure: First-Principles Calculations
Revista: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000392508
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Southwest Jiaotong University, School of Physical Science and Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan. China
2Northwestern Polytechnical University, State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Xi’an, Shaanxi. China
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Periodo: Abr
Volumen: 46
Número: 2
Paginación: 213-219
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés We have investigated the structure, density of states, mechanical stability, elastic properties, and Debye temperature of tetragonal Nb2Al under high pressure using the generalized gradient approximation WC (GGA-WC) functional within density functional theory (DFT). Our obtained lattice constants were in good agreement with the reported experimental and theoretical data at zero pressure. The volume decreased with the increasing pressure. The effects of pressure on the electronic properties have been discussed. The elastic constants under pressure have been calculated, which all satisfied the stability criterion, meaning that tetragonal Nb2Al was mechanical stability from 0 to 100 GPa. Then, the mechanical properties including bulk modulus B, shear modulus G, Young’s modulus E, G/B, and Poisson’s ratio ν under pressure were determined using the Voigt-Reuss-Hill method. The G/B value suggested that tetragonal Nb2Al exhibited ductile behavior under pressure. Poisson’s ratio indicated that the interatomic forces in tetragonal Nb2Al were mainly central forces. Finally, the transverse, longitudinal, and average sound velocities and Debye temperature of tetragonal Nb2Al under pressure have been estimated
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Física de materia condensada,
Densidad de estados,
Aluminato de niobio,
Propiedades elásticas,
Teoría del funcional de la densidad (DFT),
Alta presión
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Condensed matter physics,
Density of states,
Niobium aluminate,
Elastic properties,
High pressure,
Density functional theory (DFT)
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