PSEUDOPOTENTIAL PLANE-WAVE CALCULATION OF THE STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF YTTRIUM

Citation:
Wang, Y, Chou MY.  1991.  PSEUDOPOTENTIAL PLANE-WAVE CALCULATION OF THE STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF YTTRIUM, Nov. Physical Review B. 44:10339-10342., Number 18

Abstract:

The structural properties of hexagonal-close-packed yttrium are studied by using the plane-wave basis within the pseudopotential method and local-density-functional approximation. By employing a "soft" pseudopotential proposed by Troullier and Martins, satisfactory convergence is achieved with a plane-wave energy cutoff of 30-40 Ry for this early-transition-metal element. The overall results for the structural properties are in good agreement with experiment. It is found that the charge overlap between core and valence electrons has a substantial effect on the accuracy of the calculated structural properties. Two different calculations are performed with and without the outer-core 4p orbital included as a valence state. In addition, as found in some other local-density calculations, the uncertainty in the results due to different exchange-correlation energy functionals may not be negligible in transition metals.

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