<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A systematic study of thermal properties such as the Debye temperature, specific heat coefficient, Grüneisen constant, electron-phonon coupling constant and transition temperature have been carried out using the results of electronic band structure and related characteristics, for hafnium superconducting alloys, namely, HfTc2, HfRe2 and HfOs2. Computation of the electronic band structure and associated properties has been carried out using the tight-binding-linear-muffin-tin-orbital (TBLMTO) method within atomic sphere approximation (ASA). The calculated values have been compared with the available results of literature data.</p></abstract>

A systematic study of thermal properties such as the Debye temperature, specific heat coefficient, Grüneisen constant, electron-phonon coupling constant and transition temperature have been carried out using the results of electronic band structure and related characteristics, for hafnium superconducting alloys, namely, HfTc2, HfRe2 and HfOs2. Computation of the electronic band structure and associated properties has been carried out using the tight-binding-linear-muffin-tin-orbital (TBLMTO) method within atomic sphere approximation (ASA). The calculated values have been compared with the available results of literature data.

Ab-initio studies of thermal and superconducting properties of HfX2 alloys (X = Tc, Re, and Os)

Department of Physics, Madras Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University, Chennai, 600044, India

Materials Science-Poland

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A systematic study of thermal properties such as the Debye temperature, specific heat coefficient, Grüneisen constant, electron-phonon coupling constant and...

Ab-initio studies of thermal and superconducting properties of HfX2 alloys (X = Tc, Re, and Os)

Published Online: Oct 17, 2014

Page range: 324 - 330

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0199-0

Keywords
Debye temperature, specific heat coefficient, Grüneisen constant, electron-phonon coupling constant, transition temperature

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ab-initio studies of thermal and superconducting properties of HfX2 alloys (X = Tc, Re, and Os)

Published Online: Oct 17, 2014

Page range: 324 - 330

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0199-0

KeywordsDebye temperature, specific heat coefficient, Grüneisen constant, electron-phonon coupling constant, transition temperature

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Debye temperature, specific heat coefficient, Grüneisen constant, electron-phonon coupling constant, transition temperature