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The third-order elastic moduli and pressure derivatives of the second-order elastic constants of novel B2-type AlRE (RE=Y, Pr, Nd, Tb, Dy, Ce) intermetallics are presented from first-principles calculations. The elastic moduli are obtained from the coefficients of the polynomials from the nonlinear least-squares fitting of the energy-strain functions. The calculated second-order elastic constants of AlRE intermetallics are consistent with the previous calculations. To judge that our computational accuracy is reasonable, the calculated third-order constants of Al are compared with the available experimental data and other theoretical results and found very good agreement. In comparison with the theory of the linear elasticity, the third-order effects are very important with the finite strains are lager than approximately 3.5%. Finally, the pressure derivative has been discussed.
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First principles calculations of rare earth (RE)-doped LaSi3N5 host lattice are performed to obtain the electronic structure, the band gap (BG), and the character of electronic transitions. Doping with both trivalent and bivalent RE cations is inspected. RE 4f states form two bands of occupied and unoccupied states separated by ~5 eV. In RE3+-doped compounds 4f states are shifted by ~6 eV to more negative energies compared with RE2+-compounds. This stabilization causes that RE3+ 4f bands are in a different position relative to the valence band and the conduction band than RE2+ 4f bands and therefore different electronic transitions apply. BG of RE3+-compounds decreases from ~4.6 eV (Ce) to ~0.5 eV (Eu). Except for Ce3+, exhibiting the 4f-5d transition, other RE3+-compounds show the charge transfer of the p - 4f character. BG of RE2+-compounds increases from ~0.80 eV (Ce, Pr) to ~0.95 eV (Nd, Pm), ~1.43 eV (Sm), and ~3.28 eV (Eu) and the electronic transition is of the 4f-5d character. The energy level scheme constructed from ab initio calculated electronic structures agrees well with the experimental energy level diagram. The agreement demonstrates the reliability of the hybrid functional HSE06 to describe correctly bands of nonbonding RE 4f electrons.
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