A periodic ab initio extended basis set study of α-Al2O3
- 10 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics
- Vol. 72 (2), 267-277
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268979100100201
Abstract
Corundum, or α-Al2O3, is investigated at the ab initio periodic Hartree-Fock LCAO level using the program CRYSTAL. A split valence 6–21G basis set is adopted, and the influence of d polarization functions is explored. The four geometrical parameters of the unit cell are optimized, the difference with respect to the experimental data always being less than 1%. The electric field gradient tensor at both nuclei (Al and O) is calculated; agreement with the experimental data is quite satisfactory. Band structure, density of states and charge density maps are also given. The resulting electronic structure is highly ionic.Keywords
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