Oxygen Position in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 from ab initio Cluster Calculations

Author: KVYATKOVSKII O.  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0015-0193

Source: Ferroelectrics, Vol.299, Iss.1, 2004-01, pp. : 55-57

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Abstract

Potential relief along the direction perpendicular to the face of the cube for oxygen atom located in MgbondObondNb chain in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3(PMN) is considered. Accurate total energy cluster calculations are performed in the framework ofab initiorestricted Hartree–Fock (RHF) method plus 2nd order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) electron correlation corrections. It is found that the equilibrium oxygen position is shifted by 0.0664Åa from the middle point towards Nb atom. It is shown that electron correlation effects strongly influence on the equilibrium atomic positions in PMN.