Quantum-chemical study of quasi-one-dimensional vanadium and niobium sulfides with Peierls distortion


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Abstract

The electronic structure and lattice parameters of several quasi-one-dimensional compounds–known VS4, NbCl4, and NbS3 and hypothetical NbS4 and VS3–are obtained using density functional theory. Comparative analysis of chemical bonding and charge distribution in all these compounds reveals the possible origin of the structural instability of NbS4 and VS3.

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M. N. Kozlova

Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch

Email: fed@niic.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

A. N. Enyashin

Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch

Email: fed@niic.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

V. E. Fedorov

Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch; Novosibirsk National Research State University

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Email: fed@niic.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk

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