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High‐pressure stability and structural properties of CdS and CdSe
Author(s) -
Benkhettou N.,
Rached D.,
Soudini B.,
Driz M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200301907
Subject(s) - wurtzite crystal structure , structural stability , density functional theory , phase (matter) , tin , materials science , electronic structure , chemistry , thermodynamics , electronic band structure , crystallography , condensed matter physics , computational chemistry , physics , metallurgy , hexagonal crystal system , structural engineering , organic chemistry , engineering
The structural phase transformations of CdS and CdSe under high pressure are studied by using the local approximation to the density functional theory, and the one‐electron equations are solved by means of the full‐potential linear muffin‐tin‐orbital method FP‐LMTO. CdS and CdSe are found to have nearly similar structural systematics under high pressure. In CdS, the Pmmn phase is predicted after the rocksalt structure, and in CdSe the Cmcm structure is thermodynamically stable after the rocksalt structure. We also find a thermodynamic stability range for the CsCl phase of CdSe. The structural properties of the zincblende, wurtzite, rocksalt, Pmmn, and Cmcm phases are presented. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)