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First-Principles Calculations of Elastic Constants of Superconducting MgB2 |
GUO Hua-Zhong1;CHEN Xiang-Rong1,2;ZHU Jun3;CAI Ling-Cang4;GAO Jie3 |
1Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
2International Centre for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016
3College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
4Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics Research, Institute of Fluid Physics, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900 |
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GUO Hua-Zhong, CHEN Xiang-Rong, ZHU Jun et al 2005 Chin. Phys. Lett. 22 1764-1767 |
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Abstract The five independent elastic constants of superconducting MgB2 are obtained using the first-principles plane wave method with the new relativistic analytic pseudopotential of the Hartwigsen--Goedecker--Hutter (HGH) scheme in the frame of local density approximation. The dependences of bulk modulus on temperature and pressure are also obtained. It is suggested that the HGH-type pseudopotentials are successful in investigating the ground-state mechanical properties of any solids.
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Published: 01 July 2005
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(Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)
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(Metals; alloys and binary compounds)
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