학술논문

Duals of Frank-Kasper structures as C, Si and Ge clathrates: energetics and structure.
Document Type
Article
Source
Philosophical Magazine Letters. Jul98, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p21-28. 8p. 4 Charts, 1 Graph.
Subject
*CLATHRATE compounds
*FORCE & energy
*MEASUREMENT
*CHEMICAL structure
Language
ISSN
0950-0839
Abstract
The four-connected clathrate structures derived as the duals of some of the tetrahedrally close-packed intermetallic structures (Frank-Kasper structures) are considered as possible structures for elemental C, Si and Ge. The minimumenergy structures are found using empirical potentials. The type II structure is found to have the lowest energy, but other clathrate structures have only a slightly higher energy within a few kT of the energy of the diamond form. Explicit coordinates are given for some Si structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]