Structural, electronic, and mechanical properties of cubic TiO2: A first-principles study

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/1/017102

Abstract We present an analysis of structural, electronic, and mechanical properties of cubic titanium dioxide (TiO₂) using an all electron orthogonalzed linear combinations of atomic orbitals (OLCAO) basis set under the framework of density functional theory (DFT). The structural property, especially the lattice constant a, and the electronic properties such as the band diagram and density of states (DOS) are studied and analyzed. The mechanical properties such as bulk moduli, shear moduli, Young's Moduli, and Poison's ratio are also investigated thoroughly. The calculations are carried out on shear moduli and anisotropy factor for cubic TiO₂. The Vickers hardness is also tested for fluorite and pyrite cubic-structured TiO₂. Furthermore, the results are compared with the previous theoretical and experimental results. It is found that DFT-based simulation produces results which are approximation to experimental results, whereas the calculated elastic constants are better than the previous theoretical and experimental values.

Keywords: density functional theory cubic TiO₂ structural electronic and mechanical properties

Received: 01 August 2017
Revised: 29 September 2017
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PACS:	71.15.Mb	(Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)
	77.84.Bw	(Elements, oxides, nitrides, borides, carbides, chalcogenides, etc.)

Corresponding Authors: Debashish Dash
E-mail: debashishdashnits@gmail.com

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Debashish Dash, Chandan K Pandey, Saurabh Chaudhury, Susanta K Tripathy Structural, electronic, and mechanical properties of cubic TiO₂: A first-principles study 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 017102

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