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Negative thermal expansion properties in tetragonal NbPO5 from the first principles studies

Authors :
Dahu Chang
Tao Li
Qiang Sun
Fei Wang
Xiaonan Fu
Source :
AIP Advances, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 035202-035202-8 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
AIP Publishing LLC, 2017.

Abstract

By using the first-principles calculations based on density functional theory combined with quasi-harmonic approximation, we have studied the geometric structural, thermal properties, and the negative thermal expansion (NTE) properties of tetrahedral NbPO5. The variations of cell parameter and cell volume of tetrahedral NbPO5 with temperature show that it displays NTE behavior in the range of 473-800 K along a-axis and the corresponding average coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is approximately -0.766 ×10−6 K−1, while the c cell parameter and the cell volume display positive thermal expansion behaviors. These results are in consistent well with the experiment observations. Further vibrational modes analysis, together with Grüneisen parameters calculations, revealed that the transverse vibration of O corner atoms accompanying the rocking motions of corner-shared NbO6 octahedron and PO4 tetrahedron dominate the negative thermal properties of tetrahedral NbPO5. Our findings will provide an understanding for the underlying mechanisms of the NTE in oxides materials.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21583226
Volume :
7
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
AIP Advances
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....cd13bd70c7a781082183d7c38e26f417