Fe-Co magnetic nanoclusters by density functional theory calculations

We present density functional theory results referring to the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of 13, 55, 147 and 309 Fe-Co (magnetic-magnetic) icosahedral nanoclusters (ICO) comparing with our previous results on Fe-Cu (magnetic-nonmagnetic). It came out that the Fe atoms always favou...

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Autores: Cutrano, Carla|||0000-0001-7253-6005, Lekka, Christina|||0000-0001-9737-134X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:203623
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/203623
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/02670836.2018.1506728
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Clusters
Electronic properties
Density functional theory
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Sumario:We present density functional theory results referring to the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of 13, 55, 147 and 309 Fe-Co (magnetic-magnetic) icosahedral nanoclusters (ICO) comparing with our previous results on Fe-Cu (magnetic-nonmagnetic). It came out that the Fe atoms always favour the edge surface sites exhibiting higher average magnetic moment (MM) for Fe and FeCo ICOs than FeCu while the local Fe MM is greater for FeCu12 and Fe6Cu49 ones. This is due to the strong hybridisation of Fe 3d-Co 3d states, while in Fe-Cu the Fe spin down states are restricted close to fermi without been affected by the corresponding Cu states. These results could be used for the design of environmental sustainable smart magnetic alloys.