Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 51301119,51301195,51171206 and 51401140;the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province under Grant No 2013021010-1;the Youth Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology under Grant No 1205-04020102
Using density functional theory calculations, we investigate the tetragonal distortion, electronic structure and magnetic property of Pt2MnSn. The results indicate that, when the volume-conserving tetragonal distortio...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61376102 and 11174048;the Computational Support from Shanghai Supercomputer Center
We present first-principle calculations on the magnetism in finite rectangular nanosilicenes(RNSs).An antiferromagnetic(AFM)state at two zigzag edges is found when the RNSs approach a critical size.This AFM state orig...
Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Educational Committee under Grant No 2011A140006;the Key Scientific and Technological Project of He'nan Province under Grant No 152102210307
Using the newly developed particle swarm optimization algorithm on crystal structural prediction, we predict a new class of boron nitride with stoicMometry of NB2 at ambient pressure, which belongs to the tetragonal 1...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 21303156,21201148,210303156 and 21403185;the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province under Grant Nos B2011203121 and B2012203005
The mechanical properties and intrinsic hardness of the α-Ga boron phase (α-Ga-B) are studied by using the combination of first-principles calculations and a semiempirieal macroscopic hardness model. It is found t...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61264004;the Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province(J[2012]2120);the Special Fund for Construction of Sci-Tech Innovative Talents Team of Guizhou([2011]4002).
Elastic constants,ferromagnetism and electronic structures of Fe11MoSi4,Fe11TiSi4,and Fe11NbSi4 are studied by first-principles calculations with density functional theory(DFT).It is found that the ductility of Fe3Si ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 51171074 and 51261013.
The first principles calculations based on density functional theory are performed to investigate the stability,chemical bonding,elastic constants,hardness and Debye temperature of MB(M=V,Nb and Ta)compounds.The struc...
Titanium dioxide(TiO_(2))nanotubes have been widely investigated for their potential applications in solar cells,hydrogen production,and catalysis.We study three types of TiO_(2)nanotubes constructed from anatase TiO_...
by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 10832003.
We predict the densities of crystalline hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine(RDX)by introducing a factor of(1+1.5×10^(−4) T)into the wavefunction-based potential of RDX constructed from first principles using the ...
Supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos 20090460145 and 201003009);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No 201012200053);the Science and Technology Program of Hunan Province of China(No 2010DFJ411);High Performance Computing Center of CSU.
Based on the density functional theory,we calculate the dependence of the band structures of bilayer ziezaff-edzed grapnene nanonooons(BZGNRs)upon ribbon width,interlayer distance and stacking styles.Unlike monolayer ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11074017 and 51032002;the IHLB(No PHR201007101),the Beijing Nova Program(No 2008B10);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No 1102006);the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of the Ministry of Education.
We investigate the dopant site selectivity of CaCu_(3)Ti_(4)O_(12)(CCTO)using the first principles calculations.Our results show that,for four cases of possible occupancy by La atom,lattice expansions and formation en...