Effect of Mo/W disorder on the Curie temperature of Sr2FeMoxW1−xO6 double perovskite

The double perovskites Sr2FeMO6 have received a lot of attention, especially Sr2FeMoO6 because of its fairly high Curie temperature (TC = 450 K), half-metallic character, large magnetoresistance and potential applications. On the other hand, Sr2FeWO6 is insulating and antiferromagnetic with TN = 37...

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Autores: B. Aguilar, O. Navarro, E. Carvajal, M. Avignon
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57036163034
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57036163034
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
metal
insulator transitions
Colossal magnetoresistance
general theory and models of magnetic ordering
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Sumario:The double perovskites Sr2FeMO6 have received a lot of attention, especially Sr2FeMoO6 because of its fairly high Curie temperature (TC = 450 K), half-metallic character, large magnetoresistance and potential applications. On the other hand, Sr2FeWO6 is insulating and antiferromagnetic with TN = 37 K. With a double exchange type model it has been shown that a ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition can be driven by super-exchange interactions with increasing Fe-M (M=Mo,W) charge transfer energy. Therefore, the charge transfer energy is expected to be larger in FeW than in FeMo compounds. The effect of the Mo/W diagonal disorder in Sr2FeMoxW1−xO6 has been studied using the tight-binding model and the renormalization perturbation expansion method. For different values of the disorder we calculate the density of states and determine the behavior of the Curie temperature as a function of the Mo/W concentration. The magnetic and the electronic properties in these compounds are discussed in view of these results.