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First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys

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Main Authors: N. A., Noor, Shaukat Ali, Prof. Dr., W., Tahir, A., Shaukat, Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2011
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Ab initio calculations
Density functional theory
Electronic band structure
Magnetic properties
Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/15116
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spelling my.unimap-151162014-06-27T14:23:20Z First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys N. A., Noor Shaukat Ali, Prof. Dr. W., Tahir A., Shaukat Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr. maalidph@yahoo.co.uk Ab initio calculations Density functional theory Electronic band structure Magnetic properties Mg1-xMnxTe alloys Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/ Density functional FP-LAPW + lo calculations have been performed to study the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMn xTe for compositional parameter x = 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1. Our calculations reveal the occurrence of ferromagnetism in these compounds in which the transition-metal atom is ordered in a periodical way thereby interacting directly with the host atoms. Results extracted from electronic band structure and density of states (DOS) of these alloys show the existence of direct energy band gap for both majority- and minority-spin cases, while the total energy calculations confirm the stability of ferromagnetic state as compared to anti-ferromagnetic state. The total magnetic moment for Mg1-xMn xTe for each composition is found to be approximately 5 μB, which indicates that the addition of Mn content does not affect the hole carrier concentration of the perfect MgTe compound. Moreover, the s-d exchange constant (N0α) and p-d exchange constant (N0β) are also calculated which are in accordance with a typical magneto-optical experiment. The estimated spin-exchange splitting energies originated by Mn 3d states energies, i.e. ΔX(s-d) and ΔX(p-d), show that the effective potential for minority-spin is more attractive than that of the majority-spin. Also, the p-d hybridization is found to cause the reduction of local magnetic moment of Mn and produce small local magnetic moments on the nonmagnetic Mg and Te sites. 2011-10-28T02:42:53Z 2011-10-28T02:42:53Z 2011-08-11 Article Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 509 (32), 2011, pages 8137-8143 0925-8388 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838811010140 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15116 en Elsevier B.V.
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topic Ab initio calculations
Density functional theory
Electronic band structure
Magnetic properties
Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
spellingShingle Ab initio calculations
Density functional theory
Electronic band structure
Magnetic properties
Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
N. A., Noor
Shaukat Ali, Prof. Dr.
W., Tahir
A., Shaukat
Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/
author2 maalidph@yahoo.co.uk
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N. A., Noor
Shaukat Ali, Prof. Dr.
W., Tahir
A., Shaukat
Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
format Article
author N. A., Noor
Shaukat Ali, Prof. Dr.
W., Tahir
A., Shaukat
Ali Hussain, Reshak, Prof. Dr.
author_sort N. A., Noor
title First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
title_short First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
title_full First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
title_fullStr First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
title_full_unstemmed First principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Mg1-xMnxTe alloys
title_sort first principles study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of mg1-xmnxte alloys
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2011
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/15116
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