三角晶格反铁磁CuFeO_2的磁性和电子结构

基于广义梯度近似(GGA)的密度泛函理论(DPT),,通过构造铁磁(FM),阻挫的三角非共线反铁磁(FAFM)、上上下下型共线反铁磁(↑↑↓↓AFM)三种不同磁性构型,从非共线磁性结构计算出发.优化了低温铜铁矿CuFeO_2晶体材料的几何结构,研究了磁性结构对电子结构、能隙和磁矩等的作用.计算发现上上下下型反铁磁自旋排列能促进能隙形成,总能降低,磁矩增大.由于上上下下型反铁磁与阻挫三角非共线反铁磁相能量接近,外场的作用容易导致磁性结构相变到阻挫的三角反铁磁态,其电子态密度分布与X光发射光谱测得的结果一致,即具有高自旋的Fe离子3d电子自旋向上的子带中心位于Cu3d能态之下,O2p能态以上,而且配位场理论分析表明Fe离子3d态自旋向下的空轨道为铁电极化提供了有利的化学环境.     

Ni 掺杂ZnO纳米线的电子结构与磁性

采用自旋极化密度泛函理论系统研究了Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线的电子结构、磁学和光学性质.磁学性质计算结果显示六种Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线的磁性耦合体系出现了铁磁(FM)、反铁磁(AFM)和顺磁(PM)二种不同的耦合状态.能量计算结果表明Ni原子在纳米线外表面沿[0001]方向替代Zn原子时能量最低,体系的AFM耦合相对稳定,AFM体系表现出金属性.态密度计算结果显示FM耦合在费米能级附近出现了明显的自旋极化现象,发生了强烈的Ni 3d和O 2p杂化效应,掺杂产生的磁矩主要来源于Ni 3d未成对轨道电子和部分O 2p轨道电子的贡献,FM耦合表现出半金属性.另外,光学性质计算结果显示Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线的远紫外吸收峰发生了红移现象,而380 nm附近的近紫外吸收峰发生了明显的蓝移现象,在整个紫外区都表现出了优异的发光性能.以上结果表明Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线是一种很有前途的磁光电子材料.     

三角晶格反铁磁CuFeO2的磁性和电子结构

基于广义梯度近似(GGA)的密度泛函理论(DFT), 通过构造铁磁(FM), 阻挫的三角非共线反铁磁(FAFM)、上上下下型共线反铁磁(↑↑↓↓AFM)三种不同磁性构型, 从非共线磁性结构计算出发, 优化了低温铜铁矿CuFeO2晶体材料的几何结构, 研究了磁性结构对电子结构、能隙和磁矩等的作用. 计算发现上上下下型反铁磁自旋排列能促进能隙形成, 总能降低, 磁矩增大. 由于上上下下型反铁磁与阻挫三角非共线反铁磁相能量接近, 外场的作用容易导致磁性结构相变到阻挫的三角反铁磁态, 其电子态密度分布与X光发射光谱测得的结果一致, 即具有高自旋的Fe离子3d电子自旋向上的子带中心位于Cu 3d能态之下, O 2p能态以上, 而且配位场理论分析表明Fe离子3d态自旋向下的空轨道为铁电极化提供了有利的化学环境.     

Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Linear and Dimerized Titanium Nanochains Under Compressive and Tensile Strain

The magnetic and electronic properties of both linear and dimerized nanochains of titanium at different atomic distances are calculated within density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation. Titanium which is a nonmagnetic in its bulk form is shown to become magnetic in its nanochain structure. Also, a close relationship is found between magnetic state and geometry of chain structure and the dependence of electronic properties on the atomic structures of chains is revealed. It is found that, for dimerized nanochains from equilibrium constant, compressive strain leads to a reduction in magnetism. Moreover, characteristics of the systems near the Fermi level are investigated and the charge densities of both nanostructures are studied in the ferromagnetic order. The results show that metallic bonding is mainly responsible for the linear structure; however, for the dimerized structure, the bonding is more directional, i.e. has a more covalent character. With increasing tension along the axis of the nanostructures, a change in the types of bonding is found.     

Size-dependent alternation of magnetoresistive properties in atomic chains

Spin-polarized electronic and transport properties of carbon atomic chains are investigated when they are capped with magnetic transition-metal (TM) atoms like Cr or Co. The magnetic ground state of the TM-C(n)-TM chains alternates between the ferromagnetic (F) and antiferromagnetic (AF) spin configurations as a function of n. In view of the nanoscale spintronic device applications the desirable AF state is obtained for only even-n chains with Cr; conversely only odd-n chains with Co have AF ground states. When connected to appropriate metallic electrodes these atomic chains display a strong spin-valve effect. Analysis of structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of these atomic chains, as well as the indirect exchange coupling of the TM atoms through non-magnetic carbon atoms are presented.     

Syntheses and Magnetic Properties Study of Isostructural BiM(2)BP(2)O(10) (M = Co, Ni) Containing a Quasi-1D Linear Chain Structure

We present here the structures and magnetism of two quasi-1D linear chain compounds of BiM(2)BP(2)O(10) (M = Co, Ni), which were synthesized by traditional solid-state reactions for the first time. Two title compounds crystallize in the monoclinic system with space group P2(1)/c and feature novel 3D structures with a linear chain structure of {MO(6)}(n) further connected by [BP(2)O(10)](7-) anionic groups. The results of magnetic property measurements evidence the antiferromagnetic properties of both compounds in low magnetic field and a field-dependent metamagnetic transition from the antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic ground state of the BiCo(2)BP(2)O(10) complex.     

Electronic structure and magnetic properties of RuFe3N nitride

Self-consistent band structure calculations were performed on nitride RuFe₃N in order to investigate its magnetic and ground state properties. The Linear Muffin-Tin Orbital (LMTO) method was employed and calculations were performed at several lattice parameters so as to obtain the RuFe₃N equilibrium volume. Nonmagnetic and ferromagnetic LMTO calculations have shown that the RuFe₃N stable stage is ferromagnetic with constant lattice equilibrium of 7.2502 atomic units (a.u.). At equilibrium volume the LMTO calculations have given magnetic moments of 1.25 and 1.63 μ_B at Ru and Fe sites, respectively, and no magnetic moment at N sites. The analysis of states density at equilibrium volume as well as the results for charge transfer illustrates why this ruthenium nitride is ferromagnetic. The LMTO calculations anticipate that the magnetic moment, the hyperfine field (the Fermi contact) and the isomer shift show a strong dependence on the lattice spacing.     

Comparative electronic band structure study of the intrachain ferromagnetic versus antiferromagnetic coupling in the magnetic oxides Ca3Co2O6 and Ca3FeRhO6

In the (MM'O6)infinity chains of the transition-metal magnetic oxides Ca3MM'O6 the MO6 trigonal prisms alternate with the M'O6 octahedra by sharing their triangular faces. In the (Co(2O6)infinity chains of Ca3Co2O6 (M = M' = Co) the spins are coupled ferromagnetically, but in the (FeRhO6)infinity chains of Ca3FeRhO6 (M = Fe, M' = Rh) they are coupled antiferromagnetically. The origin of this difference was probed by carrying out spin-polarized density functional theory electronic band structure calculations for ordered spin states of Ca3Co2O6 and Ca3FeRhO6. The spin state of a (MM'O6)infinity chain determines the occurrence of direct metal-metal bonding between the adjacent trigonal prism and octahedral site transition-metal atoms. The extent of direct metal-metal bonding in the (Co2O6)infinity chains of Ca3Co2O6 is stronger in the intrachain ferromagnetic state than in the intrachain antiferromagnetic state, so that the intrachain ferromagnetic state becomes more stable than the intrachain antiferromagnetic state. Such a metal-metal-bonding-induced ferromagnetism is expected to occur in magnetic insulators and magnetic metals of transition-metal elements in which direct metal-metal bonding can be enhanced by ferromagnetic ordering. In the (FeRhO6)infinity chains of Ca3FeRhO6 the ferromagnetic coupling does not lead to a strong metal-metal bonding and the adjacent spins interact by the Fe-O...O-Fe super-superexchange, hence leading to an antiferromagnetic coupling.     

The electronic structure and magnetic properties of poly(m-phenylcarbene)

The electronic structure and the magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic organic polymer poly (m-phenylcarbene ) was studied by application of the unrestricted Hartree-Fock (UHF) crystal orbital (CO) method. In comparison with the restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) result, it was revealed that the ferromagnetic state is more stable than the non-magnetic state. According to a detailed energy analysis, the stability originates from both the triplet spin configuration at the carbene centre and the delocalized π spins in an antiferromagnetic fashion over the phenyl ring.     

Electronic and Optical Properties of O-Terminated Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons

The structure, electromagnetic and optical properties of the O-terminated graphene nanorib-bons with armchair edge are studied using first-principles theory. The results show that the O-terminated armchair edge are more stable than the H-terminated ribbons and show metal-lic character. Spin-polarized calculations reveal that the antiferromagnetic state are more stable than the ferromagnetic state. The energy band and density of states analyses show that the O-terminated armchair edge are antiferromagnetic semiconductors. Because of the terminated O atoms, the dielectric function has an evident red shift and the first peak is the strongest with its main contribution derived from the highest valence band. The peaks of the dielectric function, re ection, absorption, energy loss are related to the transition of electrons. Our results suggest that the O-terminated graphene nanoribbons have potential applications in nanoelectronics, opto-electric devices.     

(CoMn)n(n=1～5)合金团簇的结构和磁性

All geometry structures of (CoMn)n (n=1-5) clusters were optimized, and the energy, frequence and magnetism of (CoMn)n (n=1-5) clusters were calculated by using the local spin density approximation and generalized gradient approximation of density functional theory. The same ground state structures of CoMn alloy clusters were confirmed in two methods, and magnetism of CoMn alloy ground state clusters was studied systemically. In order to understand structure and magnetism of CoMn alloy clusters better, Co2n (n=1-5) and Mn2n (n=1-5) clusters were calculated by the same method as alloy clusters, whose ground state structure and magnetism were confirmed. Moreover, the ground state structure and magnetism of clusters with the corresponding CoMn alloy clusters was compared. Results indicated that for (CoMn)n (n=1-4) clusters, geometry structures of CoMn alloy clusters are the same as the corresponding pure clusters still, (CoMn)3 and (CoMn)4 exhibit magnetic bistability, show ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic coupling, local magnetic moment of Co, Mn atoms in CoMn alloy clusters almost preserves magnetism of pure clusters still.     

锰团簇Mn5和Mn6结构与磁性的分析

用密度泛函方法对过渡金属Mn₅, Mn₆的各种可能构型, 在PW91/ZoraTZ2P水平上进行了理论研究. 计算结果表明: 构型是自旋变化、磁性的敏感因素, Mn₅最稳定构型为弱铁磁性的三角双锥体(磁矩为3, D_3h). Mn₆的最稳定构型为铁磁性的畸变八面体(磁矩为16, C_4v). 各种异构体虽然多重度不同, 但每个原子的自旋极化度均在3以上. 构型稳定与否取决于原子间的交换耦合作用, 而原子间的这种作用又与自旋极化度的方向、大小息息相关.     

A theoretical study of electronic structures and intermolecular magnetic interactions for spiro-biphenalenyls

In order to inquire into the mechanism of the change in the magnetism of spiro-biphenalnyls, intermolecular magnetic interaction has been investigated in terms of the effective exchange integral of the Heisenberg model for dimeric pairs of diethyl-substituted spiro-biphenalenyl. Variation of the magnetic interaction with respect to temperature has been evaluated for X-ray crystallographic structures at several temperature points by Kohn–Sham hybrid-DFT. The intermolecular magnetic interactions have been calculated for the π-dimers to be antiferromagnetic at each temperature, which has decreased by approximately 30% in the magnitude from 100 to 173 K. In addition, the interactions have been almost none at 100 and 173 K except for one pair and the remaining pair had ferromagnetic interaction. Therefore, it has been found that the change in their magnetism is understood by the formation of a ferromagnetic dimer-pair at 173 K. Moreover, the natural orbital analysis for the electronic structure of diethyl-substituted spiro-biphenelenyl has shown our solutions are essentially identified to Haddon’s proposal in terms of the valence bond picture.     

La0.7-xDyxSr0.3MnO3(0.00≤x≤0.30)体系低温磁行为和电阻率的反常

By measuring M-T curves, ρ-T curves and MR-T curves of the samples under different temperatures, the influence of Dy doping (0.00 ≤ x ≤0.30) on the magnetic and electric properties of La0.7-xDyxSr0.3MnO3 has been studied. The experimental results show that, with the increase of the Dy content, the system undergoes a transition from long range ferromagnetic order to the cluster-spin glass state and further to antiferromagnetic order. For the samples with x=0.20 and 0.30, their magnetic behaviors are abnormal at low temperature, and their resistivities at low temperature have a minimum value. These peculiar phenomena not only come from the lattice effect induced by doping, but also from extra magnetic coupling induced by doping.     

Ground state properties of perovskite and post-perovskite CaRuO3: Ferromagnetism reduction

Aiming at the disputed ground state properties of perovskite (Pv) CaRuO₃, we have investigated the variations of electronic structures and magnetism between Pv and post-perovskite (PPv) phases of CaRuO₃, based on the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) plus on-site Coulomb interaction U and spin-orbital coupling (SOC) effect correction, namely GGA + U + SOC method. Both Pv and PPv phases have Mott-Hubbard insulating characteristics. Under Pnma symmetry, the 4d electrons have the stronger SOC effect and the weaker electronic correlation. Under Cmcm symmetry, however, the situation is just reversed. The G-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) superexchange interaction of Ru–Ru is perfected in Pv phase, antiferromagnetically mediated by O atoms. PPv phase exhibits the AFM ground state along c direction, but the FM–AFM fluctuation exists in a–b plane of PPv phase. The strong magnetic anisotropy and big exchange constants are the inexistent evidences of spin-glass behavior in Pv and PPv phases. Ru⁴⁺ is in low-spin state, S ～ 1. Pv–PPv phase transition changed the electronic and magnetic structures, but the magnetism is not sensitive to pressure in each phase. The suppression of ferromagnetism in Pv and PPv phases arises from the AFM interaction induced by the SOC effect and the FM–AFM fluctuation, respectively.     

Crystal and electronic structure and magnetic properties of divalent europium perovskite oxides EuMO3 (M = Ti, Zr, and Hf): experimental and first-principles approaches

A comparative study of the crystal and electronic structure and magnetism of divalent europium perovskite oxides EuMO(3) (M = Ti, Zr, and Hf) has been performed on the basis of both experimental and theoretical approaches playing complementary roles. The compounds were synthesized via solid-state reactions. EuZrO(3) and EuHfO(3) have an orthorhombic structure with a space group Pbnm at room temperature contrary to EuTiO(3), which is cubic at room temperature. The optical band gaps of EuZrO(3) and EuHfO(3) are found to be about 2.4 and 2.7 eV, respectively, much larger than that of EuTiO(3) (0.8 eV). On the other hand, the present compounds exhibit similar magnetic properties characterized by paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic transitions at around 5 K, spin flop at moderate magnetic fields lower than 1 T, and the antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor and ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor exchange interactions. First-principles calculations based on a hybrid Hartree-Fock density functional approach yield lattice constants, band gaps, and magnetic interactions in good agreement with those obtained experimentally. The band gap excitations are assigned to electronic transitions from the Eu 4f to Mnd states for EuMO(3) (M = Ti, Zr, and Hf and n = 3, 4, and 5, respectively).     

Gapped ferromagnetic graphene nanoribbons

We theoretically design a graphene-based all-organic ferromagnetic semiconductor by terminating zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with organic magnets. A large spin-split gap with a 100% spin polarized density of states near the Fermi energy is obtained, which is of potential application in spin transistors. The interactions among electron, spin and lattice degrees of freedom are studied using the first-principles calculations including non-collinear spin orientations. All of the calculations consistently demonstrate that although no d electrons existing, the antiferromagnetic π-π exchange together with the strong electron-lattice interactions between organic magnets and ZGNRs make the ground state ferromagnetic.     

Energy Stabilities,Magnetic Properties,and Electronic Structures of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Zn1-xMnxS(001) Thin Films

We investigate the electronic and magnetic properties of the diluted magnetic semiconductors Zn_1-xMn_xS(001) thin films with different Mn doping concentrations using the total energy density functional theory. The energy stability and density of states of a single Mn atom and two Mn atoms at various doped configurations and different magnetic coupling state were calculated. Different doping configurations have different degrees of p-d hybridization, and because Mn atoms are located in different crystal-field environment, the 3d projected densities of states peak splitting of different Mn doping configurations are quite different. In the two Mn atoms doped, the calculated ground states of three kinds of stable configurations are anti-ferromagnetic state. We analyzed the 3d density of states diagram of three kinds of energy stability configurations with the two Mn atoms in different magnetic coupling state. When the two Mn atoms are ferromagnetic coupling, due to d-d electron interactions, density of states of anti-bonding state have significant broadening peaks. As the concentration of Mn atoms increases, there is a tendency for Mn atoms to form nearest neighbors and cluster around S. For such these configurations, the antiferromagnetic coupling between Mn atoms is energetically more favorable.     

A polar corundum oxide displaying weak ferromagnetism at room temperature

Combining long-range magnetic order with polarity in the same structure is a prerequisite for the design of (magnetoelectric) multiferroic materials. There are now several demonstrated strategies to achieve this goal, but retaining magnetic order above room temperature remains a difficult target. Iron oxides in the +3 oxidation state have high magnetic ordering temperatures due to the size of the coupled moments. Here we prepare and characterize ScFeO(3) (SFO), which under pressure and in strain-stabilized thin films adopts a polar variant of the corundum structure, one of the archetypal binary oxide structures. Polar corundum ScFeO(3) has a weak ferromagnetic ground state below 356 K-this is in contrast to the purely antiferromagnetic ground state adopted by the well-studied ferroelectric BiFeO(3).     

One-dimensional Intrinsic Ferromagnetic Semiconductor CuCl_2: a First-principles Study

One-dimensional nanowires with robust magnetism are desirable for spintronic applications. Herein, on the basis of the first-principles calculations, systematic investigations on the electronic and magnetic properties of the CuCl2 nanowire were performed, which can be potentially tailored from its bulk form. The CuCl2 nanowire exhibits a ferromagnetic ground state. The band structures indicate that the CuCl2 nanowire is a ferromagnetic semiconductor. The spin flip gap is large enough for avoiding spin flip. Phonon dispersion and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics simulation manifest that the CuCl2 nanowire is stable. In addition, distinct magnetic properties of the CuCl2 nanowires inside two types of carbon nanotubes were obtained. The study broadens the family of the existing one-dimensional materials with promising applications for spintronics.