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Rare-earth transition-metal magnets at finite temperature : self-interaction-corrected relativistic density functional theory in the disordered local-moment picture
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Patrick, Christopher E. and Staunton, Julie B. (2018) Rare-earth transition-metal magnets at finite temperature : self-interaction-corrected relativistic density functional theory in the disordered local-moment picture. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 97 (22). 224415 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.224415 ISSN 1098-0121.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.224415
Abstract
Atomic-scale computational modeling of technologically-relevant permanent magnetic materials faces two key challenges. First, a material's magnetic properties depend sensitively on temperature, so the calculations must account for thermally-induced magnetic disorder. Second, the most widely-used permanent magnets are based on rare-earth elements, whose highly-localized 4f electrons are poorly described by standard electronic structure methods. Here, we take two established theories --- the disordered local moment picture of thermally-induced magnetic disorder and self-interaction-corrected density-functional theory --- and devise a computational framework to overcome these challenges. Using the new approach, we calculate magnetic moments and Curie temperatures of the rare-earth cobalt (RECo5) family for RE=Y--Lu. The calculations correctly reproduce the experimentally-measured trends across the series and confirm that, apart from the hypothetical compound EuCo5, SmCo5 has the strongest magnetic properties at high temperature. An order parameter analysis demonstrates that varying the RE has a surprisingly strong effect on the Co--Co magnetic interactions determining the Curie temperature, even when the lattice parameters are kept fixed. We propose the origin of this behavior is a small contribution to the density from f-character electrons located close to the Fermi level.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Rare earths -- Magnetic properties, Transition metals -- Magnetic properties | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) | ||||||||
Publisher: | American Physical Society | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1098-0121 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 14 June 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 97 | ||||||||
Number: | 22 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 224415 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.224415 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 May 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 May 2018 | ||||||||
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