Tight-Binding parameters for Copper-Gold compounds


Copper (Cu)
Atomic Number 29
Atomic Weight 63.54
Room Temperature Structure fcc (A1)
Experimental Lattice Constant 0.361 nm
 
Gold (Au)
Atomic Number 79
Atomic Weight 169.967
Room Temperature Structure fcc (A1)
Experimental Lattice Constant 0.408 nm

We have developed a set of parameters for Cu-Au compounds. The pure element parts of these parameters use our ``better'' sets of copper (cu_par_99) and gold (au_par_99) parameters. In addition, we fit total energies and electronic structures of the following compounds:

Compound Structure Lattice Constant Ranges (Bohr)
  Minimum Maximum
Cu3Au L12 (Cu3Au) a 6.04 7.37
D03 (AlFe3) a 4.93 5.85
CuAu L10 (AuCu) a 7.24 8.70
c 5.02 7.24
B2 (CsCl) a 4.93 6.54
L11 (CuPt) a 8.60 10.00
CuAu3 L12 (Cu3Au) a 6.38 7.77
D03 (AlFe3) a 4.25 6.13

These parameters are subject to change without warning!

Use of the parameters outside of these ranges may result in unphysical behavior.

Get the new parameters (cuau_par).


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