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We present a comprehensive first--principles study of the structural stability and superconducting behavior of Li$_2$PdH$_2$ under high pressure. Using random structure searching and phonon calculations, we identify a pressure--induced…
The electronic and lattice dynamical properties of compressed solid SiH$_{4}$ have been calculated in the pressure range up to 300 GPa with density functional theory. We find that structures having a layered network with eight-fold…
We present a comprehensive first-principles investigation of a hypothetical cubic Pm-3m phase of the ternary hydride NaAlH3, focusing on its lattice dynamics, electronic structure, and electron-phonon-mediated superconducting properties at…
High pressure structures, phase diagram and superconductivity of polonium hydrides have been systematically investigated through the first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory. With the increasing pressure, several…
The structural, electronic, magnetic, and vibrational properties of LaFeSiH$_x$ for $x$ between 0 and 1 are investigated using density functional calculations. We find that the electronic and magnetic properties are strongly controlled by…
The extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) material LaBi was reported to become superconducting under pressure accompanying with suppressed magnetoresistance. However, the underlying mechanism is unclear. By using first-principles…
Capitani and coworkers [1] reported that infrared optical reflectance measurements provided evidence for a superconducting transition in sulfur hydride [2] under 150 GPa pressure, and that the transition is driven by the electron-phonon…
Hydrogen-rich superhydrides are promising high-Tc superconductors, with superconductivity experimentally observed near room temperature, as shown in recently discovered lanthanide superhydrides at very high pressures, e.g. LaH10 at 170 GPa…
A first-principles density-functional-theory method has been used to reinvestigate the mechanical and dynamical stability of the metallic phase of AlH3 between 65-110 GPa. The electronic properties and phonon dynamics as a function of…
We present a comprehensive computational investigation of electron-phonon interactions in MXH$_3$ hydride compounds, where $M$ represents alkali and post-transition metals, and $X$ denotes 3$d$, 4$d$, and 5$d$ transition metals. Our density…
Recently superconductivity has been discovered at around 200~K in a hydrogen sulfide system and around 260~K in a lanthanum hydride system, both under pressures of about 200 GPa. These record-breaking transition temperatures bring within…
Evolutionary structure searches revealed a plethora of stable and low-enthalpy metastable phases in the S-P-H ternary phase diagram under pressure. A wide variety of crystalline structure types were uncovered ranging from those possessing…
On experimental side, BaFe$_2$As$_2$ without doping has been made superconducting by applying appropriate pressure (2-6 GPa). Here, we use a full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method within the density-functional theory to…
High-pressure structural search was performed on the hydrogen-rich compound LuBeH$_8$ at pressures up to 200 GPa. We found a $Fm\overline{3}m$ structure that exhibits stability and superconductivity above 100 GPa. Our phonon dispersion,…
According to the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory, superconductivity usually needs well defined Fermi surface(s) with strong electron-phonon coupling and moderate quasiparticle density of states (DOS). A kagome lattice can host flat…
The transition metal dichalcogenide PdTe$_2$ has attractive features based on its classification as a type-II Dirac semimetal and the occurrence of type-I superconductivity, providing a platform for discussion of a topological…
We calculated the superconductivity properties of alkali metals under high pressure using the results of band theory and the rigid-muffin-tin theory of Gaspari and Gyorffy. Our results suggest that at high pressures Lithium, Potassium,…
The tin-selenide and tin-sulfide classes of materials undergo multiple structural transitions under high pressure leading to periodic lattice distortions, superconductivity, and topologically non-trivial phases, yet a number of…
Using the density functional theory (DFT) based first-principles investigation, the structural, mechanical, hardness, elastic anisotropy, optoelectronic, and thermal properties of cubic KB2H8 have been studied within the uniform pressure…
Noble metals adopt close-packed structures at ambient pressure and rarely undergo structural transformation at high pressures. Platinum (Pt), in particular, is normally considered to be unreactive and is therefore not expected to form…