12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Computational study of some tin dioxide phases.

13 Jul 2011, 17:00
2h
Asteria

Asteria

Poster Presentation Track A - Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science Poster1

Speaker

Mr James Ntimane (University of Limpopo)

Description

Rutile and anatase structured tin dioxide ceramics have been intensively studied in recent years because of their potential in sensing and fuel cells. The present work uses classical molecular dynamics simulations focused on the structure and possible transformation from anatase to rutile tin dioxide. The empirical Buckingham potential has been used to describe the interatomic interactions in tin dioxide. The total energy of the NVE ensemble of the two structures at various temperatures has been calculated in order to determine the transition temperature and pressure. The results obtained showed an energy increase with temperature which was constantly compared with experiments. The radial distribution functions for the two structures suggest the transformations at temperature above 900 ºC in agreement with the experiments.

Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? No
Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? other
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Dr Thuto Mosuang (University of Limpopo)

Co-authors

Prof. Erasmus Rammutla (University of Limpopo) Mr James Ntimane (University of Limpopo)

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