Table 4 Detailed information on the investigated structures as well as on the computational conditions. N denotes the number of atoms in the primitive cell

From: First-principles screening of structural properties of intermetallic compounds on martensitic transformation

Phase

Index

Binary XY (B2 parent)

Binary X 3 Y (D03 parent)

Ternary X 2 YZ (L21 parent)

Parent phase

Space group

Pm - 3m

Fm - 3m

Fm - 3m

N

X:1, Y:1

X:3, Y:1

X:2, Y:1, Z:1

k-space samplinga

16 × 16 × 16, 24 × 24 × 24 Γ-centered

16 × 16 × 16, 24 × 24 × 24 Γ-centered

16 × 16 × 16, 24 × 24 × 24 Γ-centered

2H martensitic phase

Space group

Pmma

Pnma

Pnma

N

X: 2, Y: 2

X: 6, Y: 2

X: 4, Y: 2, Z: 2

k-space samplinga

12 × 12 × 12, 16 × 16 × 16 Γ-centered

12 × 12 × 12, 16 × 16 × 16 Γ-centered

12 × 12 × 12, 16 × 16 × 16 Γ-centered

 

Supercell size for phonon calculations

2 × 4 × 2 of primitive cell

2 × 2 × 2 of primitive cell

2 × 2 × 2 of primitive cell

  1. a The finer mesh of the k-space sampling was used for surviving candidates to examine the energy convergence. They are mostly less than 1 meV/atom with the maximum energy difference is only 2 meV/atom