An <italic>ab initio</italic> investigation of vibrational, thermodynamic, and optical properties of Sc<sub><bold>2</bold></sub>AlC MAX compound

An ab initio investigation of vibrational, thermodynamic, and optical properties of Sc₂AlC MAX compound

Ali M A¹, Nasir M T⁴, Khatun M R², Islam A K M A³, Naqib S H^{2, †,}

Energy dependences of the calculated optical parameters of Sc₂AlC: (a) real part of dielectric constant, (b) imaginary part of the dielectric constant, (c) refractive index, (d) extinction coefficient, (e) absoption coefficient, (f) loss function, (g) reflectance, and (h) optical conductivity.