Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-01-31
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Phys. Rev. B 75, 184108 (2007)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.184108
The high-pressure structural behavior of lanthanum monochalcogenides is investigated by theory and experiment. Theory comprises density functional calculations of LaS, LaSe and LaTe with the general gradient approximation for exchange and correlation effects, as implemented within the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method. The experimental studies consist of high-pressure angle dispersive x-ray diffraction investigations of LaS and LaSe up to a maximum pressure of 41 GPa. A structural phase transition from the NaCl type to CsCl type crystal structure is found to occur in all cases. The experimental transition pressures are 27-28 GPa and 19 GPa, for LaS and LaSe, respectively, while the calculated transition pressures are 29 GPa, 21 GPa and 10 GPa for LaS, LaSe and LaTe, respectively. The calculated ground state properties such as equilibrium lattice constant, bulk modulus and its pressure derivative, and Debye temperatures are in good agreement with experimental results. Elastic constants are predicted from the calculations.
Bihan T. Le
Delin Anna
Heathman S.
Idiri M.
Johansson Borje
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