Ab initio insights into the visible luminescent properties of ZnO

The luminescence spectrum of ZnO exhibits, besides a UV band-edge recombination line, a broad visible band around 2.2-2.4 eV whose origin has not been satisfactorily established. Recently, analysis of the luminescence of nanostructured materials with high surface-to-volume ratios has led some authors to suggest that the band could be related to surface states. This work presents a novel ab initio study of the most relevant ZnO surfaces and their intrinsic point defects. It reveals the existence of intragap surface states 0.5 eV above the valence band maximum. If additional bulk defect levels are considered, several bulk-to-surface transitions are compatible with the observed visible luminescence.     

碳链参数泵的从头计算

利用密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的第一性原理方法,研究金属Al-C4-Al导线的泵浦效应.通过在左右铝电极靠近散射区C4链的对称位置上加交变的弱泵浦势,得到绝热近似条件下泵浦电流与费米能的关系,发现泵电子流与系统的态密度密切相关,在不同费米能级下泵浦电流可正可负,其正负取决于电子发射率.     

Ab initio computations of one and two hydrogen or deuterium atoms in the palladium tetrahedral site

We report ab initio cluster computations of deuterium atoms in a tetrahedral palladium site, performed at the UHF level with extended basis sets. An interstitial deuteron is found to be energetically favored over an interstitial deuterium atom. Computations with one interstitial deuterium atom or with one deuteron reveal an increase in electron density near the deuteron. Not only valence electrons but also inner core electrons of the palladium atoms are present in the vicinity of the deuteron. A potential energy curve is calculated with two deuterium atoms approaching each other, with one deuterium fixed at the center of a tetrahedral site. With regard to the environment provided by molecular deuterium, our results show that the tetrahedral site does not favor a closer deuteron encounter. No metastable dimer geometry is found. The two deuterons repel each other despite the screening. These computations represent more than 250 CPU h of a new-generation biprocessor vector computer.     

Structural, elastic and electronic properties for M2XC （M--Ti and Cr, X--Ga and A1） phases from ab initio calculations

The first-principles study of the structural, elastic and electronic properties of the M 2 XC phases depending on the type of M transition metal (M are Ti and Cr) and on X (X are Ga and Al) was reported. The calculations are performed using the pseudo-potential plane-wave approach in both the local density and generalized gradient approximations. The elastic constants are calculated using the static finite strain technique. Features such as structural and elastic parameters, Debye temperature, sound velocities and their pressure dependence have been investigated. In agreement with experimental and previous theoretical findings, it is found that the compressibility along a and c axis depends on the valence electron concentration (VEC). Correlations revealing the governing role of the X and M elements on the machinability indices of the material have been examined. The electronic properties have been discussed in terms of chemical bonding showing that bonding is due to Md-Cp and Md-Xp hybridizations. M-C bonds are stiffer than M-X ones and Al-Ti (Cr-C) bonds are stiffer than those corresponding to Ti-C (Al-Cr). It is shown that the stiffness of the M-X and M-C bonds increases with increasing the number of VEC.     

Theoretical study of the VUV spectroscopy of Ce3+ and Tb3+ in BaBPO5 crystal using an empirical-ab initio hybrid method

The f-d transition of Ce3+and Tb3+in BaBPO5 was studied theoretically using the parametric Hamiltonian model.In order to overcome the difficulty in determining many of the parameter values,we adopted the model-space effective Hamiltonian method to determine the crystal-field parameters and spin-orbit parameters values.The method made use of the energies and eigenvectors,which were obtained from an ab initio calculation using the relativistic self-consistent discrete variational Slater software package(DV-Xα).Other parameters,which were less dependent on host crystals,were taken from published data.The calculated values of parameters were reasonable,and the energy-levels and f-d transition spectra agreed reasonably well with the measured excitation spectra of 5d-4f emission.     

Structural properties of amorphous hydrogenated silicon usingab initio molecular dynamics simulations

We have studied structural properties of amorphous hydrogenated silicon usingab initio molecular dynamics simulations. A sample was generated by simulated annealing using periodic boundary conditions with a supercell containing 64 silicon and 8 hydrogen atoms. The radial pair distribution functions for Si-Si, Si-H and H-H have been studied at 300 K and are found to be in good agreement with experimental data. Our results show that hydrogen saturates the dangling bonds and reduces bond strain. We also report existence of Si-H-Si bridge sites which are likely to play an important role in understanding the light induced metastability in this material.     

Ab initio density functional simulation of structural and electronic properties of MgO ultra-thin adlayers on the (001) Ag surface

To simulate the properties of ultrathin layers of magnesium oxide epitaxially grown on silver (001), we have adopted a periodic slab model, consisting of six layers of Ag covered on both sides with an MgO monolayer. All calculations have been performed with the 98 program. Several DFT functionals were tried and a rich basis set was adopted. The electronic and structural properties of the two bulk materials (Ag and MgO) were quite accurately reproduced. The presence of the metallic substrate was found to have an appreciable influence on the structural and electronic features of the oxide surface. In the most stable configuration (O ions directly above Ag atoms, Mg ions in the hollow sites), the surface is corrugated, and there is a net transfer of electrons from the overlayer to the metal, leading to a substantial reduction of the work function of the metal and to a decrease of the electrostatic field at the surface. The reactivity properties of the supported oxide surface have been investigated by studying the interaction of the composite material with water molecules.     

空位对五唑阴离子盐Mn（N5）2冲击反应和损伤演化的影响

为探究微缺陷对五唑阴离子盐冲击响应、化学分解及损伤演化的影响,采用从头算分子动力学模拟方法研究了完美型Mn（N₅）₂晶体及含有3%空位浓度的Mn（N₅）₂晶体在不同速度（8,9,10,11,12 km·s^-1）c轴冲击波作用下的动力学演化和初始分解反应机理。冲击雨贡纽线的计算结果表明,含空位的Mn（N₅）₂体系比完美型体系在高压条件下表现出更大的体积压缩比。分子动力学模拟结果显示,当冲击波速v_shock<10 km·s^-1时,完美型及含有空位的体系在5000 fs内均未出现分解反应,而仅出现了不足10%的体积压缩;当v_shock=10 km·s^-1时,完美型体系于512.8 fs时刻开始在晶体内均匀地出现N—N键断裂的现象,而含空位体系的初始反应时间则提前至281.6 fs,并且N—N键的断裂集中发生在空位附近;当v_shock继续增加至11 km·s^-1和12 km·s^-1时,两种体系的初始反应时间不断提前,反应进程不断加快,但空位对体系冲击波感度的提升作用和对分解反应进程的加速作用随着冲击波速的提升而不断减弱。研究结果表明空位是热点的早期成核结构之一,空位的存在促进周围的五唑分子发生级联分解,使损伤不断演化成长和传播,进而引起含能材料的点火。     

Investigation of surface and near-surface effects on hydrogen desorption kinetics of MgH2

Desorption of hydrogen atoms from the (110) surface of rutile magnesium hydride (MgH₂) was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and pseudopotential method. System was represented by (110) (2×2) slab MgH₂ supercell with 12 atomic layers along the z-axis. The H-desorption was modeled by the successive release of the four two-fold bonded H atoms from the (110) surface of MgH₂. Dependence of the H-desorption energy on number and configuration of remaining surface hydrogen atoms has been determined. The features of the H atoms diffusion from the bulk towards the surface have been investigated, too. The results suggest that decrease in number of surface H atoms generally lowers the H-desorption energy in each desorption step and that both the H–H and the Mg–H interatomic interactions strongly influence the H-desorption process. The hydrogen vacancy formation energy in the first three sub-surface layers also exhibits a pronounced dependence on concentration. These findings lead to the conclusion that tendency of the MgH₂ (110) surface to preserve a maximum possible surface H concentration in its most stable configuration is the limiting factor for the H-desorption kinetics. In principle, the obtained results allow us to determine preferred paths of surface and sub-surface H-diffusion for a wide range of H concentrations and the principle features of the MgH₂ dehydrogenation process, at least for the H-rich region. Being rather comprehensive, the approach is applicable for other metal hydrides, as well.