Published September 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Structural phase transition and dynamical properties of PbTiO3 simulated by molecular dynamics

  • 1. Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Departamento de Fisica, Caixa Postal 676-13565-905 Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)
  • 2. Departamento de Ensino e Pesquisa do Ministerio do Exercito, Colegio Militar de Manaus-CMM, Rua Jose Clemente, 0157, Centro, 69010-070 Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil)

Description

The temperature- and pressure-induced structural phase transition in PbTiO3 is studied with the isoenthalpic-isobaric molecular-dynamics method, using an effective two-body interaction potential. The tetragonal to cubic transformation is successfully reproduced with both temperature and pressure. The behaviour of lattice parameters, vibrational density of states, and phonon anharmonicity with temperature and pressure are in very good agreement with experimental data. Two- and three-body correlations were analysed through pair distribution functions, coordination numbers and bond-angle distributions

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/17/5771/cm5_37_013.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
37
Journal Page Range
p. 5771-5783
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL