The full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method (FP-LMTO) within the local density approximation (LDA) using the Perdew-Wang parameterization is used to calculate the structural, electronic and elastic properties of the filled skutterudite CeOs ₄P ₁₂. The results of the electronic properties show that this compound is an indirect band gap material (T -N). A special interest has been made to the determination of the elastic constants since there have been no available experimental and theoretical data. The energy band gaps and their volume and pressure dependence are also investigated.

Structural and electronic properties of binary GaN and AlN compounds and their superlattices (SLs) (GaN) _n/(AlN) _n are investigated using the first-principles full potential linear muffin-tin orbitals method (FP-LMTO). The exchange-correlation potential is treated with the local density approximation of Perdew and Wang (LDA-PW). The ground-state properties are determined for the bulk materials GaN, AlN, and their superlattices (GaN) _n/(AlN) _n) in cubic phase. The calculated structural properties of GaN and AlN compounds are in good agreement with available experimental and theoretical data. It is found that AlN exhibit an indirect fundamental band gap while that GaN and the superlattices ( SLs) exhibit a direct fundamental band gap, which might make the superlattices (GaN) _n/(AlN) _n materials promising and useful for optoelectronic applications. The ...

First-principles spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) investigations of the structural, electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamics characteristics of the half-Heusler, CoMnTe and RuMnTe compounds are carried out. Calculations are accomplished within a state of the art full-potential (FP) linearized ( L) augmented plane wave plus a local orbital (APW + lo) computational approach framed within DFT. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) parameterized by Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof (PBE) is implemented as an exchange correlation functional as a part of the total energy calculation. From the analysis of the calculated electronic band structure as well as the density of states for both compounds, a strong hybridization between d states of the higher valent transition metal (TM) atoms (Co, Ru) and lower valent TM atoms of (Mn) is observed. Furthermore, total and partial density of states (PDOS) of the ground state and the results of spin magnetic moments reveal th...

The electronic and optical properties of M ₂S (M = Li, Na, K and Rb) compounds in the cubic antifluorite structure have been calculated, using a full relativistic version of the full-potential augmented plane-wave plus local orbitals method based on density functional theory, within both the local density approximation (LDA) and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). Moreover, the Engel–Vosko GGA formalism (EV-GGA) is applied so as to optimize the corresponding potential for band structure calculations. The calculated equilibrium lattices and bulk moduli are in good agreement with the available data. Band structure, density of states, electron charge density and pressure coefficients of energy gaps are given. Results obtained for band structure using EV-GGA are larger than those with LDA and GGA. It is found that the spin–orbit coupling lifts the triple degeneracy at the Γ point and the double degeneracy at the X point. The analysis of the electron charge density...