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Pressure-enabled phonon engineering in metals.


ABSTRACT: We present a combined first-principles and experimental study of the electrical resistivity in aluminum and copper samples under pressures up to 2 GPa. The calculations are based on first-principles density functional perturbation theory, whereas the experimental setup uses a solid media piston-cylinder apparatus at room temperature. We find that upon pressurizing each metal, the phonon spectra are blue-shifted and the net electron-phonon interaction is suppressed relative to the unstrained crystal. This reduction in electron-phonon scattering results in a decrease in the electrical resistivity under pressure, which is more pronounced for aluminum than for copper. We show that density functional perturbation theory can be used to accurately predict the pressure response of the electrical resistivity in these metals. This work demonstrates how the phonon spectra in metals can be engineered through pressure to achieve more attractive electrical properties.

SUBMITTER: Lanzillo NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4066520 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pressure-enabled phonon engineering in metals.

Lanzillo Nicholas A NA   Thomas Jay B JB   Watson Bruce B   Washington Morris M   Nayak Saroj K SK  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140602 24


We present a combined first-principles and experimental study of the electrical resistivity in aluminum and copper samples under pressures up to 2 GPa. The calculations are based on first-principles density functional perturbation theory, whereas the experimental setup uses a solid media piston-cylinder apparatus at room temperature. We find that upon pressurizing each metal, the phonon spectra are blue-shifted and the net electron-phonon interaction is suppressed relative to the unstrained crys  ...[more]

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