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Title: Fragment formalism in main-group solids: Applications to AlB sub 2 , CaAl sub 2 Si sub 2 , BaAl sub 4 , and related materials

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA)
OSTI ID:6711542

Some aspects of the structures of the anion nets in the CaAl{sub 2}Si{sub 2} and BaAl{sub 4} structure types are investigated by using the techniques of tight-binding theory. The authors examine the factors that stabilize main-group compounds that adopt AlB{sub 2}, CaIn{sub 2}, and CaAl{sub 2}Si{sub 2} structures types for similar electron counts, i.e., the half-filled band. Traditional molecular orbital concepts and the method of moments are combined to compare the two structural isomers CaAl{sub 2}Si{sub 2} and BaAl{sub 4}. Furthermore, we utilize two-dimensional pieces of these two structures as fundamental building blocks to form other main-group compounds.

OSTI ID:
6711542
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 2:1; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English