On the electron density localization in elemental cubic ceramic and FCC transition metals by means of a localized electrons detector


Por: Aray, Yosslen, Paredes, Ricardo, Javier Alvarez, Luis, Martiz, Alejandro

Publicada: 14 jun 2017
Resumen:
The electron density localization in insulator and semiconductor elemental cubic materials with diamond structure, carbon, silicon, germanium, and tin, and good metallic conductors with face centered cubic structure such as alpha-Co, Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Ir, Pt, and Au, was studied using a localized electrons detector defined in the local moment representation. Our results clearly show an opposite pattern of the electron density localization for the cubic ceramic and transition metal materials. It was found that, for the elemental ceramic materials, the zone of low electron localization is very small and is mainly localized on the atomic basin edges. On the contrary, for the transition metals, there are low-valued localized electrons detector isocontours defining a zone of highly delocalized electrons that extends throughout the material. We have found that the best conductors are those in which the electron density at this low-value zone is the lowest. Published by AIP Publishing.

Filiaciones:
Aray, Yosslen:
 Univ Ciencias Aplicadas & Ambientales, UDCA, Fac Ciencias, Ctr Quim, Campus Univ Norte,Calle 222 55-37, Bogota, Colombia

 IVIC, Lab Fis Quim Teor Mat, Caracas, Venezuela

 Fdn Inst Inmunol Colombia FIDIC, Quantum Biochem Biomath Lab, Cra 50 26-00,Of 102, Bogota, Colombia

Paredes, Ricardo:
 Escuela Super Politecn Litoral, Fac Ingn Ciencias Tierra, Km 30-5 Via Perimetral, Guayaquil, Ecuador

 Univ Iberoamer, Dept Fis & Matemat, Paseo La Reforma 880, Ciudad De Mexico 01219, Mexico

Javier Alvarez, Luis:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Matemat, Unidad Cuernavaca, Lab Simulac, AP-273-3, Cuernavaca 62251, Morelos, Mexico

Martiz, Alejandro:
 Budapest Univ Technol & Econ, Dept Inorgan Chem, Szt Gellert Ter 4, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
ISSN: 00219606
Editorial
AMER INST PHYSICS, CIRCULATION & FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 146 Número: 22
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WOS Id: 000403373900031
ID de PubMed: 29166084

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