TY - JOUR
T1 - First-principles molecular-dynamics simulation of liquid CsPb
AU - De Wijs, G. A.
AU - Pastore, G.
AU - Selloni, Annabella
AU - Van Der Lugt, W.
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PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Many alkali-post-transition group IV alloy systems exhibit clearly defined equiatomic compounds together with a pronounced intermediate range ordering, indicated by a first sharp diffraction peak at ≈0.9 Å-1. These phenomena have been explained assuming that tetrahedral group IV anions, "Zintl" ions, survive in the liquid state. As a prototype system we considered liquid CsPb, for which several experimental results are available, and studied it by means of first-principles molecular-dynamics. Agreement with experiment is satisfactory, provided the 5s and 5p electrons of cesium are explicitly taken into account in the computation of the electronic valence charge density. In particular, our calculations reproduce the structure factor prepeak reasonably well. The local liquid structure however is quite complex. This can be described as a disordered network, which still has many features in common with the "Zintl" ion model. For instance, the average Pb-Pb coordination is close to 3, the value for perfect tetrahedra, but the coordination distribution of Pb around Pb shows a broad range of values. The calculated electronic density of states shows a minimum at the Fermi level indicating compound formation.
AB - Many alkali-post-transition group IV alloy systems exhibit clearly defined equiatomic compounds together with a pronounced intermediate range ordering, indicated by a first sharp diffraction peak at ≈0.9 Å-1. These phenomena have been explained assuming that tetrahedral group IV anions, "Zintl" ions, survive in the liquid state. As a prototype system we considered liquid CsPb, for which several experimental results are available, and studied it by means of first-principles molecular-dynamics. Agreement with experiment is satisfactory, provided the 5s and 5p electrons of cesium are explicitly taken into account in the computation of the electronic valence charge density. In particular, our calculations reproduce the structure factor prepeak reasonably well. The local liquid structure however is quite complex. This can be described as a disordered network, which still has many features in common with the "Zintl" ion model. For instance, the average Pb-Pb coordination is close to 3, the value for perfect tetrahedra, but the coordination distribution of Pb around Pb shows a broad range of values. The calculated electronic density of states shows a minimum at the Fermi level indicating compound formation.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.470590
DO - 10.1063/1.470590
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33749025331
VL - 103
SP - 5031
EP - 5040
JO - Journal of Chemical Physics
JF - Journal of Chemical Physics
SN - 0021-9606
IS - 12
ER -