Substitutional nitrogen in diamond: A quantum mechanical investigation of the electronic and spectroscopic properties

AM Ferrari, S Salustro, FS Gentile, WC Mackrodt… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports the fully-relaxed lattice and electronic structures, vibrational spectra, and
hyperfine coupling constants of the substitutional N s defect in diamond, derived from B3LYP …

The vibrational and dielectric properties of diamond with N impurities: First principles study

LL Rusevich, EA Kotomin, AI Popov, G Aiello… - Diamond and Related …, 2022 - Elsevier
The atomic and electronic structures as well as elastic and dielectric properties (including
first simulations of loss tangent, tan δ) of diamond with nitrogen impurities are calculated …

Intrinsic planar defects in diamond and the upper limit on its melting temperature

MV Kondrin, YB Lebed, VV Brazhkin - Diamond and Related Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigating melting curve of diamond is a challenging task both from experimental and
theoretical points of view. Here we propose a simple method of calculation of the upper limit …

Infrared and Raman spectroscopic features of the self-interstitial defect in diamond from exact-exchange hybrid DFT calculations

S Salustro, A Erba, CM Zicovich-Wilson… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum-mechanical calculations are performed to investigate the structural, electronic, and
infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopic features of one of the most common radiation …

A DFT calculation of EPR parameters of a germanium-vacancy defect in diamond

A Komarovskikh, A Dmitriev, V Nadolinny… - Diamond and Related …, 2017 - Elsevier
The work is devoted to the investigation of a paramagnetic germanium-vacancy defect in
diamond using the density functional theory (DFT) cluster method. The structure and …

The characterization of the VNxHy defects in diamond through the infrared vibrational spectrum. A quantum mechanical investigation

S Salustro, FS Gentile, A Erba, P Carbonniére… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
The six possible VN x H y defects in diamond (a vacancy surrounded by x= 1 to 3 a vacancy
surrounded by x= 1 to 3 nitrogens and y= 1 to 4-x hydrogens) are investigated at the …

Characterization of the B-center defect in diamond through the vibrational spectrum: A quantum-mechanical approach

S Salustro, AM Ferrari, FS Gentile… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The B-center in diamond, which consists of a vacancy whose four first nearest-neighbors are
nitrogen atoms, has been investigated at the quantum-mechanical level with an all-electron …

Hunting the elusive shallow n-type donor–An ab initio study of Li and N co-doped diamond

S Conejeros, MZ Othman, A Croot, JN Hart… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
We report calculated energetics (at the GGA, and at the B3LYP, HSE06 hybrid density
functional levels of theory) and electronic properties (B3LYP, HSE06) of Li and N co-doped …

Comparison between cluster and supercell approaches: the case of defects in diamond

S Salustro, AM Ferrari, R Orlando, R Dovesi - Theoretical Chemistry …, 2017 - Springer
The results produced by the cluster and the supercell approaches, when applied to the study
of the vacancy and ⟨ 100 ⟩⟨ 100⟩ split self-interstitial defects in diamond, are critically …

Hydrogen atoms in the diamond vacancy defect. A quantum mechanical vibrational analysis

S Salustro, FS Gentile, P d'Arco, B Civalleri, M Rérat… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
The VH 1 defect in diamond (one hydrogen atom saturating one of the four dangling bonds
of the carbon atoms surrounding a vacancy) is investigated at the quantum mechanical level …