Published July 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Simulation of the defect pair VPb-VO in PbMoO4 crystals

  • 1. College of Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093 (China)

Description

A simulation study has been performed to investigate the defects in PbMoO4, based on the interatomic potentials empirically fitted to the known crystal properties. The formation energies of the isolated point defects VPb2-, VO2+, the cluster defects VPb2--VO2+, VPb2--VO2+-VPb2- and VO2+-VPb2--VO2+ have been calculated. It is theoretically demonstrated that most of VPb2- and VO2+ in the as-grown PbMoO4 crystal exist in the form of the vacancy pair VPb2--VO2+, which would play important roles in the formation and transformation process of photo-chromic effect in PbMoO4 crystal

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.217;
PII
S0168-583X(07)00986-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
260
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 619-622
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39022790
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; FORMATION HEAT; POTENTIALS; SIMULATION; TRANSFORMATIONS; VACANCIES
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTHALPY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POINT DEFECTS; REACTION HEAT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.