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Methane clathrate hydrates, particularly those with an sI structure, are significant due to their potential as energy resources and their impact on gas pipelines. In this study, a two-dimensional (2D) lattice-gas model is employed to…
Structure, stability and reactivity of clathrate hydrates with or without hydrogen encapsulation are studied using standard density functional calculations. Conceptual density functional theory based reactivity descriptors and the…
We present ab initio results at the density functional theory level for the energetics and kinetics of H_2 and CH_4 in the SI clathrate hydrate. Our results complement a recent article by some of the authors [G. Roman-Perez et al., Phys.…
Gas hydrates are potential candidates in future energy sources while simultaneously providing structures with extensive applications in carbon capture and storage, gas transport, and important separation processes. Prior research in the…
The formation of framework vacancies in Si- and Ge-based type-I clathrates is studied as function of filling the cages with K and Ba atoms using density-functional theory. Our analysis reveals the relevance of structural disorder, geometric…
We explore the possibility and potential benefit of rolling a Si2BN sheet into single-walled nanotubes (NTs). Using density functional theory (DFT), we consider both structural stability and the impact on the nature of chemical bonding and…
The stability of possible termination structures for the (010) surface of forsterite, $ Mg_2SiO_4 $, is studied using a density functional theory (DFT) based thermodynamic approach. The DFT calculations are used to estimate the surface…
Understanding the covalent clathrate formation is a crucial point for the design of new superhard materials with intrinsic coupling of superhardness and metallic conductivity. Silicon clathrates have the archetype structures that can serve…
The electronic density of state and optical properties of the SI methane hydrates with three different configurations are calculated by first-principle, including (abbreviated as cI, similarly hereinafter), each cage is fully filled with…
Clathrate hydrates are vital in energy research and environmental applications. Understanding their stability is crucial for harnessing their potential. In this work, we employ direct coexistence simulations to study finite-size effects in…
Synchrotron powder diffraction data were measured on various gas hydrates prepared at different fugacities and recovered to low temperatures. The data extend to sin {\theta}/{\lambda} values of at least 1.01 {\AA}-1, in some cases up to…
Inspired by the synthesis of XB3C3 (X= Sr, La) compounds in the bipartite sodalite clathrate structure, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed on members of this family containing up to two different metal atoms. A…
Lanthanum hydride LaH$_{10}$ with a sodalitelike clathrate structure was experimentally realized to exhibit a room-temperature superconductivity under megabar pressures. Based on first-principles calculations, we reveal that the metal…
Clathrate hydrates (CHs) are one of the most promising molecular structures in applications of gas capture and storage, and gas separations. Fundamental knowledge of mechanical characteristics of CHs is of crucial importance for assessing…
We have investigated the structural properties and dynamical stability of C$_3$N$_2$ hosting hydrogen as a guest atom. The calculations were performed using the density functional theory (DFT) as implemented in Quantum espresso code. The…
In this contribution we present the results of Density-Functional Theory (DFT) calculations of platelets as modelled by infinite planar arrangements of hydrogen atoms and vacancies in (100) planes of silicon. From the observation of the…
The combination of density functional theory (DFT) with a multiconfigurational wave function is an efficient way to include dynamical correlation in calculations with multiconfiguration self-consistent field wave functions. These methods…
The thermal and lattice dynamical properties of seven silicon clathrate framework structures are investigated with ab initio density functional methods (frameworks I, II, IV, V, VII, VIII, and H). The negative thermal expansion (NTE)…
DFT and AIMD are used to investigate the structural, stability, electronic, thermal, and optical properties of the quasi-2D C2N2O structure. The structure exhibits thermal and energy stability, signifying robustness under ambient…
Plutonium dihydride and trihydride show strikingly similar crystal structures when viewed as close-packed Pu planes with ABC and AB stacking, respectively. The similarity serves as a framework for density functional theory (DFT)…