3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
Strain-engineering the topological type-II Dirac semimetal NiTe
Pedro P. Ferreira, Antonio L. R. Manesco, Thiago T. Dorini +4
In the present work, we investigated the electronic and elastic properties in equilibrium and under strain of the type-II Dirac semimetal NiTe using density functional theory (…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
T2 phase site occupancies in the Cr--Si--B system: a combined synchroton-XRD/first-principles study
Thiago T. Dorini, Bruno X. de Freitas, Pedro P. Ferreira +6
Boron and Silicon site occupancies of the T2 phase in the Cr-Si-B system were investigated experimentally and by first-principles electronic-structure calculations within the scope…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018
Elastic anisotropy and thermal properties of extended linear chain compounds MVGa (M = Sc, Zr, Hf) from ab-initio calculations
P. P. Ferreira, T. T. Dorini, F. B. Santos +2
MVGa (M = Sc, Zr, Hf) compounds belong to an emerging class of materials showing a unique combination of unusual superconducting behavior with extended linear chains in the…