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Molecular dynamics simulations of Ba1-xGdxF 2+x solid solutions over a wide temperature range : II. Structural characteristics and fluoride ion diffusion. / Gotlib, I. Yu; Murin, I. V.; Piotrovskaya, E. M.; Brodskaya, E. N.
In: Inorganic Materials, Vol. 39, No. 3, 03.2003, p. 291-298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular dynamics simulations of Ba1-xGdxF 2+x solid solutions over a wide temperature range
T2 - II. Structural characteristics and fluoride ion diffusion
AU - Gotlib, I. Yu
AU - Murin, I. V.
AU - Piotrovskaya, E. M.
AU - Brodskaya, E. N.
N1 - Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the Universities of Russia Grants Program (project no. 015.05.01.030) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 01-03-32309).
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - The atomic-scale structure (pair correlation functions and anion-density distribution) and fluoride-ion diffusion in Ba1-xGdxF 2+x solid solutions are investigated over a wide temperature range, including the superionic transition, by molecular dynamics simulations with Born-Mayer-Huggins pair potentials. According to the simulation results for x > 0.1, both the 4b (cubic site symmetry) and 48i positions accommodate fluorine interstitials (Fi-). Below the superionic transition, the migration of F- ions at low doping levels is dominated by noncollinear jumps between lattice and interstitial sites. Computer simulations confirm that trigonal Gd3+-Fi- dipolar complexes prevail over tetragonal complexes. It is shown using elements of Monte Carlo simulation that the rare-earth ions in the solid solutions have a tendency to aggregate.
AB - The atomic-scale structure (pair correlation functions and anion-density distribution) and fluoride-ion diffusion in Ba1-xGdxF 2+x solid solutions are investigated over a wide temperature range, including the superionic transition, by molecular dynamics simulations with Born-Mayer-Huggins pair potentials. According to the simulation results for x > 0.1, both the 4b (cubic site symmetry) and 48i positions accommodate fluorine interstitials (Fi-). Below the superionic transition, the migration of F- ions at low doping levels is dominated by noncollinear jumps between lattice and interstitial sites. Computer simulations confirm that trigonal Gd3+-Fi- dipolar complexes prevail over tetragonal complexes. It is shown using elements of Monte Carlo simulation that the rare-earth ions in the solid solutions have a tendency to aggregate.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1022689927798
DO - 10.1023/A:1022689927798
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3543058288
VL - 39
SP - 291
EP - 298
JO - Inorganic Materials
JF - Inorganic Materials
SN - 0020-1685
IS - 3
ER -
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