期刊
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
卷 37, 期 4, 页码 537-542出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2005.11.012
关键词
ab initio modeling; subgroups of translations; SiNF; layered structure type
A novel method is proposed to derive low energy models for simple materials through ab initio optimization in space group PI of randomly nudged cell and atom coordinates of low multiplicity supercells of the primitive cell of a hypothetical cubic model of the material with non-competitive energy and a single formula unit per primitive cell. It is shown that the number of supercells to be tried is 1, 3, 6 and 17 respectively when searching for models with 1-4 formula units per unit cell. The approach is amazingly effective for small numbers of atoms per formula unit. Application to SiNF consistently leads to new layered tetrahedral structure types with tetrahedra triply connected at N apices while singly bonded F have van der Waals interactions with neighbouring layers. The total energy of those types is similar to 0.6 eV lower per formula unit than currently accepted stishovite-based models. The hypothetical reaction Si3N4 + SiF4 double right arrow 4SiNF is then exothermic by at least 290 kcal, pointing to a plausible route for the synthesis of SiNF. The creation of corresponding quantum jobs has been automated in Materials Toolkit (http://www.tothcanada.com/toolkit). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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