Ferromagnetic half-metallic characteristic in bulk Ni 0.5M 0.5O (M=Cu, Zn and Cd): A GGAU study
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2012-07Permanent link to this record
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Ferromagnetic half metallicity with a high spin polarization of 100% was predicted in the bulk Ni 0.5Cu 0.5O using density-functional theory method. The band gap of majority spin is 3.45 eV for Ni 0.5Cu 0.5O. The density of states of minority spin at the Fermi level are mainly from Cu 3d and O 2p in the Ni 0.5Cu 0.5O. The magnetic moments are from Ni 3d states. Ni 0.5Zn 0.5O and Ni 0.5Cd 0.5O systems are ferromagnetic insulators, but the magnetic moment of Ni 2 ions is enhanced by the Zn and Cd incorporation. Therefore, Ni 0.5Cu 0.5O is the potential candidate for spintronics devices because of the predicted high spin polarization. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Citation
Mi, W., Yang, H., Cheng, Y., & Bai, H. (2012). Ferromagnetic half-metallic characteristic in bulk Ni0.5M0.5O (M=Cu, Zn and Cd): A GGA+U study. Solid State Communications, 152(13), 1108–1111. doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2012.04.011Sponsors
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51171126) and the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (12JCZDJC27100).Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Solid State Communicationsae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ssc.2012.04.011