Insight into the Relationship between Negative Thermal Expansion and Structure Flexibility: The Case of Zn(CN)2-Type Compounds.
Inorg Chem
; 61(34): 13239-13243, 2022 Aug 29.
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ABSTRACT
High structure flexibility can lead to large negative thermal expansion (NTE), but the reason is not clear. In this work, first-principles calculations have been carried out to investigate the relationship between NTE and structure flexibility in Zn(CN)2-type compounds. Smaller bulk modulus corresponds to larger compressibility, thus making the crystal structure more flexible and more suitable for NTE. It indicated that the ionic nature of the bond and the bond length jointly affect the structural flexibility and then act on the transverse vibration of C and N atoms. The results of lattice dynamic suggested that higher structural flexibility promotes a greater number of low-frequency optical modes with negative Grüneisen parameters, resulting in a larger NTE. This work also gives us new insight into the design of NTE materials.
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Inorg Chem
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2022
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China