Elastic Properties and Phonon Dispersion of bcc Vanadium under Pressure from First Principles

Elastic Properties and Phonon Dispersion of bcc Vanadium under Pressure from First Principles

Year:    2014

Author:    L.-Q. Zhang, Y. Cheng, Z.-W. Niu

Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 5 (2014), Iss. 1 : pp. 81–94

Abstract

We investigate the elastic properties and phonon dispersion of the body-centered cubic structure vanadium $(V)$ under pressure by using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). Our elastic constants of $V$ at zero pressure and zero temperature are in good agreement with the available experimental data and other theoretical data. The pressure dependences of bulk modulus $B$ and its pressure derivative $B',$ shear modulus $G,$ elastic Debye temperature $\Theta_E,$ elastic anisotropy factor $A,$ Poisson ratios $σ$ and Kleinmann parameter $ζ$ are also presented. An analysis for the calculated elastic constants has been made to reveal the mechanical unstability of $V$ up to 100 GPa. For the phonon dispersions of $V,$ it is easily seen that the phonon frequencies increase as the volume decreases, the phonon mode linked to a Kohn anomaly has softened to negative values.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/jams.072513.101413a

Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 5 (2014), Iss. 1 : pp. 81–94

Published online:    2014-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    14

Keywords:    vanadium elastic properties phonon dispersion density functional theory.

Author Details

L.-Q. Zhang

Y. Cheng

Z.-W. Niu

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