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Title: Pressure effect on Kohn anomaly and electronic topological transition in single-crystal tantalum

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China); Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing (China)
  2. Beijing Inst. of Technology (China)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  4. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing (China)
  5. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

The Kohn anomaly and topological change of the Fermi surface in d-block metals can occur under high pressure with affiliated significant changes in elastic, mechanical, and transport properties. However, our understanding of their origin and associated physical phenomena remains limited both experimentally and theoretically. In this paper, we study the pressure effect on the Kohn anomaly, electronic topological transition (ETT), and the associated anomalies in physical properties of body-centered cubic (bcc) single-crystal tantalum (Ta). The phonon dispersions of Ta crystal were directly measured up to ~47 GPa using high-energy resolution inelastic x-ray scattering in a diamond anvil cell with hydrostatic helium medium. A Kohn anomaly in Ta was observed and became significantly stronger at 47.0 GPa at the reduced wave vector of ~0.7 in the longitudinal acoustic mode along the [ξ ,0,0] direction. Our theoretical and experimental results indicate that the electron-phonon coupling and Fermi surface nesting mainly contribute to the Kohn anomaly, and the latter plays a dominant role at high pressures of 17–47 GPa. First-principles calculations further reveal an ETT with a topology change of the Fermi surface to occur at ~100 GPa in Ta, which causes a softening in the elastic constants (C11 and C44) and mechanical properties (shear, Young’s, and bulk moduli). Our study shows that the d-orbital electrons in Ta play a key role in the stability of its electronic topological structure, where electron doping in Ta could significantly depress its ETT and elastic anomaly at high pressures. Finally, it is conceivable that our observed Kohn anomaly and ETT in a representative bcc Ta are much more prevalent in d-block transition metals under compression than previously thought.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1569028
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1558731
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 100, Issue 7; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 11 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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