Theoretical Studies on the Electronic Structures and Properties of Complex Ceramic Crystals and Novel Materials

[摘要] This project is a continuation of a long program supported by the Office of Basic Energy Science in the Office of Science of DOE for many years. The final three-year continuation started on November 1, 2005 with additional 1 year extension to October 30, 2009. The project was then granted a two-year No Cost Extension which officially ended on October 30, 2011. This report covers the activities within this six year period with emphasis on the work completed within the last 3 years. A total of 44 papers with acknowledgement to this grant were published or submitted. The overall objectives of this project are as follows. These objectives have been evolved over the six year period: (1) To use the state-of-the-art computational methods to investigate the electronic structures of complex ceramics and other novel crystals. (2) To further investigate the defects, surfaces/interfaces and microstructures in complex materials using large scale modeling. (3) To extend the study on ceramic materials to more complex bioceramic crystals. (4) To initiate the study on soft condensed matters including water and biomolecules. (5) To focus on the spectroscopic studies of different materials especially on the ELNES and XANES spectral calculations and their applications related to experimental techniques. (6) To develop and refine computational methods to be effectively executed on DOE supercomputers. (7) To evaluate mechanical properties of different crystals and those containing defects and relate them to the fundamental electronic structures. (8) To promote and publicize the first-principles OLCAO method developed by the PI (under DOE support for many years) for applications to large complex material systems. (9) To train a new generation of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in modern computational materials science and condensed matter physics. (10) To establish effective international and domestic collaborations with both experimentalists and theorists in materials research. Because of the large amount of work accomplished, a diverse class of materials covered and the desire for an easier reporting process, this report will list six categories (A to F) of major accomplishments and findings under the following headings with references to the published papers under DOE support. These six categories obviously have heavy overlaps. A complete list of published papers follows the brief description on each category. Each paper also indicates to which of the six categories the main accomplishment it belongs to. A. Electronic structure of complex and novel crystals B. Impurities, surfaces, interfaces and microstructures in ceramics C. Structures and properties of complex bioceramics D. Soft condensed matters E. Spectroscopic characterizations, XANES and ELNES spectroscopy F. Large-scale simulations

[发布日期] 2012-01-14

[学科分类] 材料科学（综合）

[关键词] Ceramic crystals;noval materials;electornic structure;spectroscopic properties;mechanical properties;microstructures;surface/interfaces;soft condensed materials;computer simulations;ab initio calculations.