Stability of the chain structure in liquid KxTe1-x (x=0.0, 0.2, and 0.5) : Ab initio molecular-dynamics simulations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Volume 63 Issue 9 published_at 2001-02-12
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Stability of the chain structure in liquid KxTe1-x (x=0.0, 0.2, and 0.5) : Ab initio molecular-dynamics simulations
Creator
Shimojo Fuyuki
Zempo Yasunari
Source Title
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume 63
Issue 9
Abstract
The stability of local chain structures formed by Te atoms in liquid KxTe1-x mixtures (x = 0.0, 0.2, and 0.5) is studied by ab initio molecular-dynamics simulations. It is confirmed by investigating the atomic and electronic structures that at x = 0.2, the chain structure of Te is stabilized by the presence of K atoms compared with the pure liquid Te, and that, at the equiatomic concentration, most of the Te atoms form the Te2 2- dimers, as expected by the Zintl rule. From the time evolution of local atomic configurations, it is found that the Zintl Te2 2- dimers interact with each other, and the bond breaking and the rearrangement of dimers occur rather frequently.
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
American Physical Society
Date of Issued 2001-02-12
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Copyright (c) 2001 American Physical Society.
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 1098-0121
[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.094206
[NCID] AA11187113
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.094206