Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-03-23
Phys. Rev. B 76, 014107 (2007)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.014107
The high-pressure structural behaviour of the fluoroperovskite KMgF_3 is investigated by theory and experiment. Density functional calculations were performed within the local density approximation and the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation effects, as implemented within the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method. In situ high-pressure powder x-ray diffraction experiments were performed up to a maximum pressure of 40 GPa using synchrotron radiation. We find that the cubic Pm\bar{3}m crystal symmetry persists throughout the pressure range studied. The calculated ground state properties -- the equilibrium lattice constant, bulk modulus and elastic constants -- are in good agreement with experimental results. By analyzing the ratio between the bulk and shear modulii, we conclude that KMgF_3 is brittle in nature. Under ambient conditions, KMgF_3 is found to be an indirect gap insulator with the gap increasing under pressure.
Cornelius Andrew L.
Delin Anna
Johansson Borje
Kanchana V.
Kumar Ravhi. S.
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