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Periodic DFT study of the structural and electronic properties of bulk CoAl2O4 spinel.
Tielens, F; Calatayud, M; Franco, R; Recio, J M; Pérez-Ramírez, J; Minot, C.
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  • Tielens F; Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Case 137, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. tielens@lct.jussieu.fr
J Phys Chem B ; 110(2): 988-95, 2006 Jan 19.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16471633
In this study, structural and electronic properties of CoAl2O4 spinel are investigated for the first time by means of quantum chemical computational tools. Coupling supercell periodic calculations under the density functional theory formalism with a nonempirical quasi-harmonic Debye model, we examine the influence of temperature on the relative stability of several cation distributions of Co2+ and Al3+ over tetrahedral and octahedral interstices of the oxygen sublattice. Our simulations are able to reproduce the experimentally observed trend: (i) the normal spinel is calculated to be the stable structure at static and low-temperature conditions, and (ii) as the temperature increases, the preference of structures with Al3+ at tetrahedral sites (and Co2+ at octahedral sites) is found to progress following an asymptotic conduct. The effects of the cation distributions on geometrical variations of electronic and magnetic properties of CoAl2O4 can be interpreted as dominated by the local behavior of Co2+ at octahedral sites.
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Bases de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Phys Chem B Assunto da revista: QUIMICA Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: França
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Bases de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Phys Chem B Assunto da revista: QUIMICA Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: França