The theoretical study of pressure-driven phase transformations by means of ab initio quantum mechanical methods, in the frame of the extended Landau approach, is considered. A specific application to AgCl is presented: the system shows, on increasing pressure, four polymorphs with rock salt- (Fm3̄m), KOH- (P2<sub>1</sub>/m), TlI- (Cmcw), and CsCl- (Pm3̄m) type structures. The method of constant-pressure enthalpy minimization was used for all phases, by fully relaxing the corresponding crystal structures. Periodic ab initio energy calculations were performed by the CRYSTAL03 code, employing a DFT-GGA-PBE functional with a localized basis set of Gaussian-type functions. The three phase transitions were predicted to occur at 3.5, 6.0, and 17.7 GPa, respectively, against pressures of 6.6, 10.8, and 17 GPa from literature experimental results. The rock salt- to KOH-type and KOH- to TlI-type displacive transformations show a weak first-order character. The TlI- to CsCl-type reconstructive transition is sharply first-order, and its kinetic mechanism was studied in detail on the basis of a P2<sub>1</sub>/m pathway, similar to that previously found for the rock salt- to CsCl-type transformation of NaCl. An activation enthalpy of 0.011 eV was found at the equilibrium pressure of 17.7 GPa. © 2006 American Chemical Society.

Catti, M., Di Piazza, L. (2006). Phase equilibria and transition mechanisms in high-pressure AgCl by ab initio methods. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. B, CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS, SURFACES, INTERFACES & BIOPHYSICAL, 110, 1576-1580 [10.1021/jp056174q].

Phase equilibria and transition mechanisms in high-pressure AgCl by ab initio methods

CATTI, MICHELE;
2006

Abstract

The theoretical study of pressure-driven phase transformations by means of ab initio quantum mechanical methods, in the frame of the extended Landau approach, is considered. A specific application to AgCl is presented: the system shows, on increasing pressure, four polymorphs with rock salt- (Fm3̄m), KOH- (P21/m), TlI- (Cmcw), and CsCl- (Pm3̄m) type structures. The method of constant-pressure enthalpy minimization was used for all phases, by fully relaxing the corresponding crystal structures. Periodic ab initio energy calculations were performed by the CRYSTAL03 code, employing a DFT-GGA-PBE functional with a localized basis set of Gaussian-type functions. The three phase transitions were predicted to occur at 3.5, 6.0, and 17.7 GPa, respectively, against pressures of 6.6, 10.8, and 17 GPa from literature experimental results. The rock salt- to KOH-type and KOH- to TlI-type displacive transformations show a weak first-order character. The TlI- to CsCl-type reconstructive transition is sharply first-order, and its kinetic mechanism was studied in detail on the basis of a P21/m pathway, similar to that previously found for the rock salt- to CsCl-type transformation of NaCl. An activation enthalpy of 0.011 eV was found at the equilibrium pressure of 17.7 GPa. © 2006 American Chemical Society.
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phase transitions; ab initio simulations
English
2006
110
1576
1580
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Catti, M., Di Piazza, L. (2006). Phase equilibria and transition mechanisms in high-pressure AgCl by ab initio methods. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. B, CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS, SURFACES, INTERFACES & BIOPHYSICAL, 110, 1576-1580 [10.1021/jp056174q].
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