Structural and mechanical stability of rare-earth diborides
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Tarih
2013
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Yayıncı
IOP Publishing
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Structural and mechanical properties of several rare-earth diborides were systematically investigated by first principles calculations. Specifically, we studied XB2, where X = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Lu in the hexagonal AlB2, ReB2, and orthorhombic OsB2-type structures. The lattice parameters, bulk modulus, bond distances, second order elastic constants, and related polycrystalline elastic moduli (e. g., shear modulus, Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, Debye temperature, sound velocities) were calculated. Our results indicate that these compounds are mechanically stable in the considered structures, and according to "Chen's method", the predicted Vickers hardness shows that they are hard materials in AlB2- and OsB2-type structures.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ab Initio Calculations, Elastic Properties, Hardness, Rare-earth Diborides
Kaynak
CHINESE PHYSICS B
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N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
22
Sayı
4
