中国物理B ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (12): 123103-123103.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/12/123103

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

First-principle investigation on perovskite La1-xEuxGaO3

Yanni Gu(顾艳妮), Sheng Xu(徐胜), Xiaoshan Wu(吴小山)   

  1. 1. Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    2. Zhangjiagang Campus, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhangjiagang 215600, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-07-07 修回日期:2016-08-28 出版日期:2016-12-05 发布日期:2016-12-05
  • 通讯作者: Xiaoshan Wu E-mail:xswu@nju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1332205, 11274153, 10974081, and 10979017) and the Postdoctoral Fund of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. 1301019B).

First-principle investigation on perovskite La1-xEuxGaO3

Yanni Gu(顾艳妮)1,2, Sheng Xu(徐胜)1,2, Xiaoshan Wu(吴小山)1   

  1. 1. Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    2. Zhangjiagang Campus, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhangjiagang 215600, China
  • Received:2016-07-07 Revised:2016-08-28 Online:2016-12-05 Published:2016-12-05
  • Contact: Xiaoshan Wu E-mail:xswu@nju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1332205, 11274153, 10974081, and 10979017) and the Postdoctoral Fund of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. 1301019B).

摘要:

The pseudopotential method has been used to investigate the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of La1-xEuxGaO3 (x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1) within the scheme of generalized gradient approximation. The spin-polarized calculations demonstrate that the ground state is an antiferromagnetic insulator for x≤0.5, while it is ferromagnetic half-metal at x>0.5. The substitutions of magnetic Eu ions for non-magnetic La ions produce and strength spin polarization, which forcefully urges the system from the insulator to the half metal. Meanwhile, Eu doping strengthens a stoner mechanism for ferromagnetism of La1-xEuxGaO3 (x=0.75 and 1), which may lead to a rapid increasing in the total magnetic moment and therefore, antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic transition happens.

关键词: spin-polarized calculations, electronic and magnetic properties, Eu-doped Prevskite LaGaO3

Abstract:

The pseudopotential method has been used to investigate the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of La1-xEuxGaO3 (x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1) within the scheme of generalized gradient approximation. The spin-polarized calculations demonstrate that the ground state is an antiferromagnetic insulator for x≤0.5, while it is ferromagnetic half-metal at x>0.5. The substitutions of magnetic Eu ions for non-magnetic La ions produce and strength spin polarization, which forcefully urges the system from the insulator to the half metal. Meanwhile, Eu doping strengthens a stoner mechanism for ferromagnetism of La1-xEuxGaO3 (x=0.75 and 1), which may lead to a rapid increasing in the total magnetic moment and therefore, antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic transition happens.

Key words: spin-polarized calculations, electronic and magnetic properties, Eu-doped Prevskite LaGaO3

中图分类号:  (Spin-density functionals)

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