A new high-pressure polar phase of crystalline bromoform: a first-principles study.
The high-pressure phases of bromoform at zero temperature have been investigated by first-principles pseudopotential plane-wave calculations based on the density functional theory. A new high-pressure polar phase, ε, with space group CC has been found after a series of simulated annealing and geometry optimizations. Our calculated enthalpies showed that the transition from β phase to γ phase occurs at 1 GPa, then the γ phase transforms to the ε phase at 90 GPa. In addition, the Br···Br and C-H···Br interactions are the key factors for the polar aggregation in the ε phase. Further calculations show that the insulate-metal transition in ε phase due to band overlap happens at ~130 GPa.
State Key Lab of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
Gang
G
Bao
Defang
D
Duan
Dawei
D
Zhou
Xilian
X
Jin
Bingbing
B
Liu
Tian
T
Cui