Elastic and structural instability of cubic Sn3N4 and C3N4 under pressure

Details Elastic and structural instability of cubic Sn3N4 and C3N4 under pressure Elastic and structural instability of cubic Sn3N4 and C3N4 under pressure

2010-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/1003.2387v1

Physical Review B 82, 144112 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.144112

We use in-situ high pressure angle dispersive x-ray diffraction measurements to determine the equation of state of cubic tin nitride Sn3N4 under pressure up to about 26 GPa. While we find no evidence for any structural phase transition, our estimate of the bulk modulus (B) is 145 GPa, much lower than the earlier theoretical estimates and that of other group IV-nitrides. We corroborate and understand these results with complementary first-principles analysis of structural, elastic and vibrational properties of group IV-nitrides, and predict a structural transition of Sn3N4 at a higher pressure of 88 GPa compared to earlier predictions of 40 GPa. Our comparative analysis of cubic nitrides shows that bulk modulus of cubic C3N4 is the highest (379 GPa) while it is structurally unstable and should not exist at ambient conditions.

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