Molecular dynamics simulation of structural transformation in silicon carbide under pressure
Pressure-induced structural transformation in cubic silicon carbide is studied with the isothermal-isobaric molecular-dynamics method using a new interatomic potential scheme. The reversible transformation between the fourfold coordinated zinc-blende structure and the sixfold coordinated rocksalt structure is successfully reproduced by the interatomic potentials. The calculated volume change at the transition and hysteresis are in good agreement with experimental data. The atomistic mechanisms of the structural transformation involve a cubic-to-monoclinic unit-cell transformation and a relative shift of Si and C sublattices in the 100 direction.
Shimojo
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Concurrent Computing Laboratory for Materials Simulations, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 and Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, H.
Ebbsjo
I
Kalia
RK
Nakano
A
Rino
JP
Vashishta
P