The role of orthorhombic distortions in gallium under high hydrostatic pressure

• We have performed a detailed analysis ofthedouble-well feature ofthetotal energy fortheGa-III phase as a function of tetragonal andorthorhombicdistortionsoftheface-centered cubic (fcc) lattice. We demonstrate that inthelow-pressureregion this double-well feature disappears and only one minimum exists. In order to reveal this result,thepossibility oforthorhombicdistortionshas to be taken into account. At elevatedpressurebetween 58 and 84 GPa,thesecond minimum becomes pronounced, but never develops into a separate local minimum up tothetransformation intothefcc phase.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

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phase transition

augmented-wave method

crystal-structure

indium

ga

elements

transition

metals

gpa

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