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- Levamäki, Henrik, et al.
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Gradient-level and nonlocal density functional descriptions of Cu-Au intermetallic compounds
- 2018
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In: European Physical Journal B. - : SPRINGER. - 1434-6028 .- 1434-6036. ; 91:6
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We use three gradient level and two nonlocal density functional approximations to study the thermodynamic properties of Cu-Au compounds. It is found that a well-designed gradient level approximation (quasi non-uniform approximation, QNA) reproduces the experimental equilibrium volumes and the formation energies of L12 and L10 phases. On the other hand, QNA predicts a non-existent beta(2) phase, which can be remedied only when employing the nonlocal hybrid-level Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof (HSE06) or Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE0) approximations. Gradient-level approximations lead to similar electronic structures for the Cu-Au compounds whereas hybrids shift the d-band towards negative energies and account for the complex d-d hybridization more accurately.
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