The structural parameters, chemical bonding and elastic properties of the tetragonal phase quaternary arsenide oxides YZnAsO and LaZnAsO were investigated by using density-functional theory （DFT） within generalized ...The structural parameters, chemical bonding and elastic properties of the tetragonal phase quaternary arsenide oxides YZnAsO and LaZnAsO were investigated by using density-functional theory （DFT） within generalized gradient approximation （GGA）. The GGA calculated structural parameters are in agreement with the experimental results. Population analysis suggests that the chemical bonding in YZnAsO and LaZnAsO can be classified as a mixture of ionic and covalent characteristic. Single-crystal elastic constants were calculated and the polycrystalline elastic modules were estimated according to Voigt, Reuss and Hill＇s approximations （VRH）. The result shows that both YZnAsO and LaZnAsO are relatively soft materials exhibiting ductile behavior. The calculated polycrystalline elastic anisotropy result shows that LaZnAsO is more anisotropy in compressibility and YZnAsO is more anisotropy in shear.展开更多
The electronic structure and optical properties of plutonium dioxide were calculated using the generalized gradient approximation with a Hubbard parameter U （GGA ＋ U） for considering the strong coulomb correlation ...The electronic structure and optical properties of plutonium dioxide were calculated using the generalized gradient approximation with a Hubbard parameter U （GGA ＋ U） for considering the strong coulomb correlation between localized Pu of electrons based on the first-principles density functional theory. The calculated results show that PuO2 is a semiconductor material with the band gap of 1.8 eV, which is in good agreement with the corresponding experimental data. Furthermore, the dielectric function, reflectivity, refractive index, and extinction coefficient were calculated and analyzed using the Kramers-Kronig relationship for PuO2. The calculated results were compared with the experimental data from the published literature.展开更多
基金Project(50474051)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The structural parameters, chemical bonding and elastic properties of the tetragonal phase quaternary arsenide oxides YZnAsO and LaZnAsO were investigated by using density-functional theory （DFT） within generalized gradient approximation （GGA）. The GGA calculated structural parameters are in agreement with the experimental results. Population analysis suggests that the chemical bonding in YZnAsO and LaZnAsO can be classified as a mixture of ionic and covalent characteristic. Single-crystal elastic constants were calculated and the polycrystalline elastic modules were estimated according to Voigt, Reuss and Hill＇s approximations （VRH）. The result shows that both YZnAsO and LaZnAsO are relatively soft materials exhibiting ductile behavior. The calculated polycrystalline elastic anisotropy result shows that LaZnAsO is more anisotropy in compressibility and YZnAsO is more anisotropy in shear.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91026016)the National Defense Science and Technology Key Laboratory Foundation(No.9140C660503120C66244)the Foundations for Cultivating Academic Leaders of Sichuan Province(No.SXS201301).
文摘The electronic structure and optical properties of plutonium dioxide were calculated using the generalized gradient approximation with a Hubbard parameter U （GGA ＋ U） for considering the strong coulomb correlation between localized Pu of electrons based on the first-principles density functional theory. The calculated results show that PuO2 is a semiconductor material with the band gap of 1.8 eV, which is in good agreement with the corresponding experimental data. Furthermore, the dielectric function, reflectivity, refractive index, and extinction coefficient were calculated and analyzed using the Kramers-Kronig relationship for PuO2. The calculated results were compared with the experimental data from the published literature.
