{"title":"Investigation on electronic, elastic and anisotropic properties of beryllium–doped NiTi2 compound","authors":"Xumin Yang, Jinyu Qiao, Yuhao Xia, Xin Li, Nan Zhang, Hongsheng Zhao, Huanming Chen","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-026-01147-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The electronic structure, formation enthalpy, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of beryllium–doped NiTi<sub>2</sub> were investigated via the DFT method. The effect of applied pressure taking on the elastic and Debye temperature was also analyzed. The results show that Ni<sub>32</sub>(Ti<sub>64–<i>x</i></sub> + Be<sub><i>x</i></sub>) has the lowest formation enthalpy and the Be atoms tend to occupy the Ti site preferentially forming a strong Ni–Be bonds. The elastic properties indicated that the deformation resistance and shear resistance of the substitutional system Ni<sub>32</sub>(Ti<sub>64–<i>x</i></sub> + Be<sub><i>x</i></sub>) have been improved obviously while the ductility of the interstitial system Ni<sub>32</sub>Ti<sub>64</sub>Be<sub><i>x</i></sub> with lower doping concentration has been enhanced greatly. The value of Pugh’s ratio and Poisson’s ratio of Ni<sub>32</sub>(Ti<sub>64–<i>x</i></sub> + Be<sub><i>x</i></sub>) indicated that the ductility is increased with applied hydrostatic pressure being increased. The Debye temperature <span>\\(\\Theta_{{\\text{D}}}\\)</span> and the lattice thermal conductivity <span>\\(\\kappa\\)</span> have the same trend as that of Young's modulus of Ni<sub>32</sub>(Ti<sub>64–<i>x</i></sub> + Be<sub><i>x</i></sub>) with hydrostatic pressure change.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"99 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The European Physical Journal B","FirstCategoryId":"4","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjb/s10051-026-01147-w","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The electronic structure, formation enthalpy, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of beryllium–doped NiTi2 were investigated via the DFT method. The effect of applied pressure taking on the elastic and Debye temperature was also analyzed. The results show that Ni32(Ti64–x + Bex) has the lowest formation enthalpy and the Be atoms tend to occupy the Ti site preferentially forming a strong Ni–Be bonds. The elastic properties indicated that the deformation resistance and shear resistance of the substitutional system Ni32(Ti64–x + Bex) have been improved obviously while the ductility of the interstitial system Ni32Ti64Bex with lower doping concentration has been enhanced greatly. The value of Pugh’s ratio and Poisson’s ratio of Ni32(Ti64–x + Bex) indicated that the ductility is increased with applied hydrostatic pressure being increased. The Debye temperature \(\Theta_{{\text{D}}}\) and the lattice thermal conductivity \(\kappa\) have the same trend as that of Young's modulus of Ni32(Ti64–x + Bex) with hydrostatic pressure change.