In-plane/out-of-plane disorder influence on the magnetic anisotropy of Fe1-yMnyPt-L10 bulk alloy

The random substitution of a non-magnetic species instead of Fe atoms in FePt-L1 bulk alloy will permit to tune the magnetic anisotropy energy of this material. We have performed by means of first principles calculations a study of Fe MnPt-L1 (y = 0.0, 0.08, 0.12, 0.17, 0.22, and 0.25) bulk alloy fo...

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Authors: Cuadrado, Ramón|||0000-0002-8344-2319, Liu, Kai|||0000-0001-9413-6782, Klemmer, Timothy J., Chantrell, Roy W.|||0000-0001-5410-5615
Format: article
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:216250
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/216250
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.4944534
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:First-principles calculation
Geometric configurations
In-plane lattices
Lattice variation
Magnetic anisotropy energy
Mn concentrations
Moment modification
Random substitution
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Summary:The random substitution of a non-magnetic species instead of Fe atoms in FePt-L1 bulk alloy will permit to tune the magnetic anisotropy energy of this material. We have performed by means of first principles calculations a study of Fe MnPt-L1 (y = 0.0, 0.08, 0.12, 0.17, 0.22, and 0.25) bulk alloy for a fixed Pt concentration when the Mn species have ferro-/antiferromagnetic (FM,AFM) alignment at the same(different) atomic plane(s). This substitution will promote several in-plane lattice values for a fixed amount of Mn. Charge hybridization will change compared to the FePt-L1 bulk due to this lattice variation leading to a site resolved magnetic moment modification. We demonstrate that this translates into a total magnetic anisotropy reduction for the AFM phase and an enhancement for the FM alignment. Several geometric configurations were taken into account for a fixed Mn concentration because of different possible Mn positions in the simulation cell.