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We present an ab-initio calculation of the electronic affinity of the hypothetical C-46 clathrate by studying its bare and hydrogenated (100) surfaces. We show that such a system shares with the diamond phase a small electronic affinity.…
The ground state structural and electronic properties of germanene (the germanium analogue of graphene) are investigated using first-principles calculations. On structure optimization, the graphene-like honeycomb structure of germanene…
Electronic band structures for Ba$_{6}$Ge$_{25}$ and Ba$_{4}$Na$_{2}$Ge$_{25}$ clathrates are calculated using linear muffin-tin orbital method within the local density approximation. It is found that barium states strongly contribute to…
We present a theoretical study on the behavior under pressure of the two hypothetical C$_{46}$ and Li$_8$C$_{46}$ type-I carbon clathrates in order to bring new informations concerning their synthesis. Using \textit{ab initio} calculations,…
Using ab-initio calculations, we study the electronic structure of gallium-doped germanium, which was found recently to be a superconductor, with a critical temperature of 0.5 Kelvins, and a particularly low density of Cooper pairs. The…
Hexagonal SiGe is a promising material for combining electronic and photonic technologies. In this work, the energetic, structural, elastic and electronic properties of the hexagonal polytypes (2$H$, 4$H$ and 6$H$) of silicon and germanium…
The structural and electronic properties of the clathrate compounds Ba$_{8}$Al$_{x}$Si$_{46-x}$ and Sr$_{8}$Al$_{x}$Si$_{46-x}$ are studied from first principles, considering an Al content $x$ between 6 and 16. Due to the large number of…
The geometrical and electronic structure of potassium doped phenanthrene, \ce{K3C14H10}, have been studied by first-principles density functional theory. The main effect of potassium doping is to inject charge in the narrow phenanthrene…
The response to compression of the clathrate type-II structure Ge(cF136) is investigated by means of \textit{ab initio} small-cell metadynamics at different temperatures and pressures. At lower pressure $p$=2.5 GPa the metastable metallic…
New germanium-platinum compounds with the filled-skutterudite crystal structure were synthesized. The structure and composition were investigated by X-ray diffraction and microprobe analysis. Magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and…
Clathrates are lightweight, cage-like, fully-sp3 three dimensional (3D) structures that are experimentally-available for several host elements of the IV group. However, carbon clathrates are as yet hypothetical structures. Herein, the…
In this communication, we report a theoretical attempt to understand the electronic and optical properties of germagraphene, a two-dimensional graphene analogue. We study two different structures, C$_{17}$Ge and C$_{16}$Ge. In the…
In this communication, we report a theoretical attempt to understand the involvement of electronic structure in determination of optical and thermal properties of C$_{17}$Ge germagraphene, a buckled two dimensional material. The structure…
The electronic structure of Samarium (Sm) was calculated using the density functional theory combined with the single-site dynamical mean-field theory. In this work, we investigated the electronic properties of {\alpha}, \b{eta} and…
We simulate the optical and electrical responses in gallium-doped graphene. Using density functional theory with a local density approximation, we simlutate the electronic band structure and show the effects of impurity doping (0-3.91\%) in…
We investigate the electronic structure of ternary palladates $A$Pd$_3$O$_4$ ($A$ = Sr, Ca) using valence band photoemission spectroscopy and band structure calculations. Overall width of the valence band and energy positions of various…
First-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations of Lu-H-N compounds reveal low-energy configurations of Fm$\overline{3}$m Lu$_{8}$H$_{23-x}$N structures that exhibit novel electronic properties such as flat bands, sharply…
We study the electronic structures and dielectric functions of the simple hydrides LiH, NaH, MgH2 and AlH3, and the complex hydrides Li3AlH6, Na3AlH6, LiAlH4, NaAlH4 and Mg(AlH4)2, using first principles density functional theory and GW…
Classical molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the structure of densified germanium dioxide ($GeO_2$). It is found that the coordination number of germanium changes with increasing density (pressure) while pressure released…
The electronic and energetic properties of the elementary building block, i.e. a five-membered atom ring (pentagon), of the Ge(110) surface was studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at room temperature. The Ge(110)…