27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Ab initio Calculations of Phonon Spectra in PtCr Binary

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Poster Track A - Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science

Speaker

Mrs Malebo Tibane (University of South Africa)

Description

We investigate the thermal stability at 0 GPa for different phases of PtCr binary alloys. We have detected soft modes at X, G, M and R points of the Brillouin zone from the phonon spectra of Pt3Cr A15 phase. Pt3Cr L12 and PtCr3 A15 are predicted as dynamically stable structures.

Primary author

Mrs Malebo Tibane (University of South Africa)

Co-author

Prof. Phuti Ngoepe (University of Limpopo)

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