Abstract
The structural and electronic properties of trigonal tellurium have been investigated by the total energy-pseudopotential method within the local density approximation (LDA), without and including generalized gradient corrections (GGC). We find that the LDA causes an overbinding that is equivalent to a fictitious positive pressure, while the inclusion of gradient corrections tends to overcorrect and have the effect of adding a negative pressure to the system. Our results obtained within GGC are in good agreement with experiment showing systematic improvement over LDA. In order to apply hydrostatic pressure we used the Cleveland-Wentzcovitch Lagrangian that optimizes the cell dimensions under compression by attributing a fictitious mass to the unit cell. It is seen that although this method is more efficient than the traditional exhaustive search of each lattice parameter, but it has some shortcomings in providing accurate hydrostatic pressure in anisotropic systems.
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