Search for stable ferromagnets among AIV/Fe digital alloys (AIV= Si, Ge) using first-principles calculations
Using first-principles electronic structure calculations we investigate the existence of stable ferromagnets among the AIV/Fe digital alloys (AIV=Si,Ge), modeled as periodic sequence of Fe monolayers in the AIV host. Total-energy calculations and the magnetic force theorem are exploited for accurate...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/102032 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/102032 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Sumario: | Using first-principles electronic structure calculations we investigate the existence of stable ferromagnets among the AIV/Fe digital alloys (AIV=Si,Ge), modeled as periodic sequence of Fe monolayers in the AIV host. Total-energy calculations and the magnetic force theorem are exploited for accurate determination of the magnetic ordering. To estimate the critical temperatures, Monte Carlo simulations are employed, while the renormalization-group analytical expressions are applied to assess the impact of the interlayer exchange on the critical temperature values. According to our results, among the systems under consideration only the Ge-based alloys feature a stable ferromagnetic ordering at nonzero temperature. The critical temperatures of these systems were found to be strongly dependent on the underlying crystal structure. © 2012 American Physical Society. |
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