Fragile magnetic ground state and metal-insulator transitions in CaCrO3: The first-principles calculations

2011 ◽  
Vol 110 (7) ◽  
pp. 073701 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Liu ◽  
C. Zhu ◽  
C. Y. Ma ◽  
S. Dong ◽  
J.-M. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Magnetic Ground State ◽  
Metal Insulator

scholarly journals Magnetic Behavior in TiS3 Nanoribbon

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 3501
Author(s):  
Shengqiang Lai ◽  
Yongping Du
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Tensile Strain ◽  
Magnetic Behavior ◽  
Strain Response ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Magnetic Ground State ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Half Metal

The electronic structure, magnetic properties and strain response of N-a-TiS3 nanoribbons are investigated by first-principles calculations. We find that the magnetic ground state is strongly dependent on width of a-TiS3. When N equals an odd number the ground state is a ferromagnetic (FM) metal, meanwhile, when N equals an even number the ground state is an anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) metal. More interestingly, a tensile strain as large as 6% can tune the 9-a-TiS3 nanoribbon from a FM metal to a half metal. A 4% tensile strain also causes a phase transition from AFM to FM ground state for 10-a-TiS3 nanoribbon. Our findings show that N-a-TiS3 is a promising candidate for spintronic and electronic applications.

scholarly journals First principles calculations of the structural, electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of the Nd2MgGe2 and Gd2MgGe2 intermetallic compounds

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Menouer ◽  
O. Miloud Abid ◽  
A. Benzair ◽  
A. Yakoubi ◽  
H. Khachai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Spin Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Rare Earth Compounds ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Antiferromagnetic Ground State

AbstractIn recent years the intermetallic ternary RE2MgGe2 (RE = rare earth) compounds attract interest in a variety of technological areas. We therefore investigate in the present work the structural, electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of Nd2MgGe2 and Gd2MgGe2. Spin–orbit coupling is found to play an essential role in realizing the antiferromagnetic ground state observed in experiments. Both materials show metallicity and application of a Debye-Slater model demonstrates low thermal conductivity and little effects of the RE atom on the thermodynamic behavior.

Importance of Thermally Induced Magnetic Excitations in First-Principles Simulations of Elastic Properties of Transition Metal Alloys

2012 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 291-294
Author(s):  
Igor A. Abrikosov ◽  
Marcus Ekholm ◽  
Alena V. Ponomareva ◽  
Svetlana A. Barannikova
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
Magnetic Ground State ◽  
Magnetic Excitations ◽  
Transition Metal Alloys

We demonstrate the importance of accounting for the complex magnetic ground state and finite temperature magnetic excitations in theoretical simulations of structural and elastic properties of transition metal alloys. Considering Fe72Cr16Ni12face centered cubic (fcc) alloy, we compare results of first-principles calculations carried out for ferromagnetic and non-magnetic states, as well as for the state with disordered local moments. We show that the latter gives much more accurate description of the elastic properties for paramagnetic alloys. We carry out a determination of the magnetic ground state for fcc Fe-Mn alloys, considering collinear, as well as non-collinear states, and show the sensitively of structural and elastic properties in this system to the detailed alignment between magnetic moments. We therefore conclude that it is essential to develop accurate models of the magnetic state for the predictive description of properties of transition metal alloys.

STABLE STRUCTURES, ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF NANOPARTICLES COn(n = 1-6) CLUSTERS: FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (15) ◽  
pp. 1362007
Author(s):  
JUN LIU ◽  
SHENG-BIAO TAN ◽  
HUI-NING DONG
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Lower Energy ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Molecular Orbitals ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Half Metallicity ◽  
Ground State Structures ◽  
Stable Structures

The ground state geometric structures of the nanoparticles or clusters CO n(n = 1-6) were given based on the first-principles calculations. Then the magnetic properties of the clusters CO n(n = 1-6) and ( CO n)-2(n = 1-6) were calculated in system. Results show that their ground state structures are closely related to the numbers of O-ions. These clusters have no magnetic moments and half-metallicity if they are electroneutral. However, they have magnetic moments if they have positive or negative charges. The total magnetic moments of the clusters ( CO n)-2(n = 1-6, but n≠3) are all 2.0000 μB, and all their ions have contributions to the total magnetic moments. The main reason is that the molecular orbitals with lower energy filled with paired electrons and the molecular orbitals with higher energy are occupied by two electrons in parallel.

Orbital change manipulation metal–insulator transition temperature in W-doped VO2

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 11638-11646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinfeng He ◽  
Yijie Zeng ◽  
Xiaofeng Xu ◽  
Congcong Gu ◽  
Fei Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Insulator Transition ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Orbital Structure ◽  
Metal Insulator Transition ◽  
Metal Insulator

Using ultraviolet-infrared spectroscopy and first principles calculations, it is revealed that changes in the orbital structure can regulate the W-doped VO2 phase transition temperature.

scholarly journals Unraveling the Ground-State Structure of BaZrO3 by Neutron Scattering Experiments and First-Principles Calculations

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 2824-2835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien Perrichon ◽  
Erik Jedvik Granhed ◽  
Giovanni Romanelli ◽  
Andrea Piovano ◽  
Anders Lindman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Scattering ◽  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Ground State Structure ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
State Structure

scholarly journals Identification of a monoclinic metallic state in VO2 from a modified first-principles approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1950148
Author(s):  
Yongcheng Liang ◽  
Ping Qin ◽  
Zhiyong Liang ◽  
Lizhen Zhang ◽  
Xun Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Lattice Distortion ◽  
Insulator Transition ◽  
Metallic State ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Electron Systems ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Monoclinic Structure ◽  
Metal Insulator Transition ◽  
Metal Insulator

Metal-insulator transition (MIT) underlies many remarkable and technologically important phenomena in VO2. Even though its monoclinic structure had before been the reserve of the insulating state, recent experiments have observed an unexpected monoclinic metallic state. Here, we use a modified approach combining first-principles calculations with orbital-biased potentials to reproduce the correct stability ordering and electronic structures of different phases of VO2. We identify a ferromagnetic monoclinic metal that is likely to be the experimentally observed mysterious metastable state. Furthermore, the calculations show that an isostructural insulator-metal electronic transition is followed by the lattice distortion from the monoclinic structure to the rutile one. These results not only explain the experimental observations of the monoclinic metallic state and the decoupled structural and electronic transitions of VO2, but also provide a useful understanding for the metal-insulator transition in other strongly correlated d electron systems.

A first principles investigation of the electronic structure of actinide oxides

2010 ◽  
Vol 1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Petit ◽  
Axel Svane ◽  
Zdzislawa Szotek ◽  
Walter Temmerman ◽  
Malcolm Stocks
Keyword(s):  
Ground State ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
The Self ◽  
Local Spin Density Approximation ◽  
Density Approximation ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Oxidation Number ◽  
Actinide Oxides ◽  
Ionic Nature

AbstractThe ground state electronic structures of the actinide oxides AO, A2O3 and AO2 (A=U, Np, Pu, Am, Cm, Bk, Cf) are determined from first-principles calculations using the self-interaction corrected local spin-density approximation. Our study reveals a strong link between preferred oxidation number and degree of localization. The ionic nature of the actinide oxides emerges from the fact that those oxides where the ground state is calculated to be metallic do not exist in nature, as the corresponding delocalized f-states favour the accommodation of additional O atoms into the crystal lattice.

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