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FirstPrinciple Investigation of  PressureInducedStructural Transition of SrCl2

YANG Xiaocui1, ZHANG Cheng1, CUI Xiaojuan1, SONG Xueting1,TIAN Dan2, WANG Jing1, ZHANG Yushuang1   

  1. 1. College of Physics, Baicheng Normal University, Baicheng 137000, Jilin Province, China;2. State Key Laboratory of  Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • Received:2013-09-23 Online:2014-03-26 Published:2014-03-20
  • Contact: YANG Xiaocui E-mail:yxc0622@163.com

Abstract:

We presented a detailed investigation of the pressureinduced phase transition of SrCl2 using the firstprinciple calculation based on
density functional theory (DFT). Our results show that the sequence of the pressureinduced structural transitions of SrCl2 was from fluorite structure (Fm3m) to orthorhombic structure (Pnma), then to the hexagonal structure (P63/mmc). Two structural transitions,  all firstorder phase transitions, occurred at pressure of 2.1 GPa and 65.7 GPa, with volume collapses of 4.7% and 0.2%, respectively.

Key words: firstprinciple calculation, pressureinduced structural transition, elastic constant, high pressure

CLC Number: 

  • O521.23