Electronic structure, mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd) pyrochlore

被引：346
作者：
Feng, J. [1 ,2 ]
Xiao, B. [3 ]
Wan, C. L. [1 ]
Qu, Z. X. [1 ]
Huang, Z. C. [1 ]
Chen, J. C. [2 ]
Zhou, R. [2 ]
Pan, W. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, State Key Lab New Ceram & Fine Proc, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[2] Kunming Univ Sci & Technol, Educ Minist China, Key Lab Adv Mat Precious Nonferrous Met, Kunming 650093, Peoples R China
[3] Tulane Univ, Sch Sci & Engn, Dept Phys, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA
来源：
ACTA MATERIALIA | 2011年 / 59卷 / 04期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Ceramics; Coating; Electronic structure; Elastic behaviors; First-principles electron theory; AB-INITIO; THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES; ELASTIC-MODULI; A(2)B(2)O(7); LANTHANUM; APPROXIMATION; PHOTOEMISSION; SIMULATION; CRYSTAL;
D O I：
10.1016/j.actamat.2010.11.041
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
The electronic structure, chemical bonding and mechanical properties of Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd) pyrochlore are investigated by local-density approximation of spin polarized scheme + U calculations ( U is the Hubbard energy) and further verified by the experimental results. Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) compounds are wide band gap insulators, and this is consistent with the experiment results. The calculated spin polarized density of states of them indicates that they are in a ferromagnetic state and the magnetic moment is mainly attributed to the 4f shell of the Ln atoms. For the chemical bonds in the Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) crystals, the O-Zr bond is stronger than the O-Ln bond. The hardness, elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) compounds are investigated and the theoretical values are in good agreement with the experiments. The mechanical anisotropic properties are discussed using Zener's indexes and universal elastic anisotropic index (A(U)). The sound velocities along [1 00], [1 1 0] and [1 1 1] directions are calculated for each Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) crystal. The thermal conductivities of Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) compounds are evaluated and the obtained thermal conductivity of Ln(2)Zr(2)O(7) is lower than that of yttria-stabilized zirconia, indicating that they could be good low thermally conductive materials at high temperature. (C) 2010 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：1742 / 1760
页数：19
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