DFT study of pressure induced phase transitions in LiYF4

Details DFT study of pressure induced phase transitions in LiYF4 DFT study of pressure induced phase transitions in LiYF4

2005-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505300v1

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An investigation of the pressure induced phase transition from the scheelite phase (I41/a, Z=4) to the fergusonite-like phase (I2/a, Z=4)/LaTaO(P21/c, Z=4) of LiYF4 is presented. Employing density functional theory (DFT) within the generalized gradient approximation, the internal degrees of freedom were relaxed for a pressure range of 0 GPa to 20 Gpa. The influence of pressure on the lattice vibration spectrum of the scheelite phase (I41/a, Z=4) was evaluated using the direct approach, i.e. using force constants calculated from atomic displacements. The transition volume is in good agreement with experiment, while the transition pressure is overestimated of 6 GPa. At 20 GPa, a P21/c structure with apentacoordinated lithium cation is found to be the most stable phase. This structure is compatible with a transition driven by a Bg zone-center soft optic mode linked to a soft-acoustic mode along the [11-1] direction as observed for the proper ferroelastic transition of BiVO4.

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