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INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 92, Issue 6, Pages 731-740Publisher
INDIAN ASSOC CULTIVATION SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1007/s12648-018-1160-1
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BMN; High pressure; Elastic properties; Electronic properties; Optical properties
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The pressure dependent mechanical stability, electronic structure and optical properties of Ba(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3 (BMN) perovskite have been investigated in the framework of the density functional theory. Geometry optimization shows that the BMN possesses more compressibility along c-axis. The dependency of the elastic constants, the aggregated elastic moduli (B, G) and the elastic anisotropy on pressure has also been studied. BMN shows brittle character at ambient pressure but it becomes ductile, and also stiffer and anisotropic nature due to external pressure. Electronic structure indicates the conversion of indirect to direct band gap with increasing pressure. Dominated ionic character of BMN is confirmed from the bond population analysis. By analyzing the optical spectra, a red shift at the band edge is observed in the visible range indicating the band gap tuning. It is seen that the static dielectric constant increases with pressure.
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