Structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of UN: Systematic density functional calculations

Details Structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of UN: Systematic density functional calculations Structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of UN: Systematic density functional calculations

2010-05-30

arxiv.org/abs/1005.5510v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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A systematic first-principle study is performed to calculate the lattice parameters, electronic structure, and thermodynamic properties of UN using the local-density approximation (LDA)+\emph{U} and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA)+\emph{U} formalisms. To properly describe the strong correlation in the U $5f$ electrons, we optimized the \emph{U} parameter in calculating the total energy, lattice parameters, and bulk modulus at the nonmagnetic (NM), ferromagnetic (FM), and antiferromagnetic (AFM) configurations. Our results show that by choosing the Hubbard \emph{U} around 2 eV within the GGA+\emph{U} approach, it is promising to correctly and consistently describe the above mentioned properties of UN. The localization behavior of 5$f$ electrons is found to be stronger than that of UC and our electronic analysis indicates that the effective charge of UN can be represented as U$^{1.71+}$N$^{1.71-}$. As for the thermodynamic study, the phonon dispersion illustrates the stability of UN and we further predict the lattice vibration energy, thermal expansion, and specific heat by utilizing the quasiharmonic approximation. Our calculated specific heat is well consistent with experiments.

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