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arXiv 0801.2363cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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具有(001)平面插入的半金属L2 $_1$结构

Half-Metallic L2$_1$ Structures with (001) Planar Insertions

C. A. Culbert, M. Williams, M. Chshiev, W. H. Butler

摘要:

许多L2 $_1$相合金(组成X $_2$ YZ)是半金属的。虽然这种结构通常以4原子基的fcc布拉维晶格来描述,但它可以更简单地被视为bcc或B2的变体,其中X $_2$的平面与YZ的平面沿001方向交替。使用从头计算电子结构计算,我们已经研究了平面插入沿001到L2 $_1$结构。在大多数情况下,在Co $_2$ MnGe或Co $_2$ MnSi中插入Cr的单原子层或双原子层不会破坏半金属性质。观察到一个Cr层插入到Co $_2$ MnGe中增加了间隙。事实上,我们观察到,对于使用各种过渡金属或过渡金属和非过渡金属的组合的大量插入,在费米能处的少数沟道中的带隙仍然存在。似乎部分地捕获形成半金属的趋势的特设规则可以被公式化为:“001平面插入,其可以在X $_2$层上可重复地产生8个向下自旋电子,并且在YZ层上产生4个向下自旋电子,从而产生半金属”。

英文摘要:

A number of L2$_1$ phase alloys (composition X$_2$YZ) are half-metallic. Although this structure is typically described in terms of an fcc Bravais lattice with a 4 atom basis, it can be viewed more simply as a variant of bcc or B2 in which planes of X$_2$ alternate with planes of YZ along the 001 direction. Using ab-initio electronic structure calculations, we have investigated planar insertions along 001 into the L2$_1$ structure. For most scenarios, insertion of single or double atomic layers of Cr into Co$_2$MnGe or Co$_2$MnSi did not destroy the half-metallic property. One insertion of a Cr layer into Co$_2$MnGe was observed to increase the gap. In fact, we observed that for a large number of insertions using various transition metals or combinations of transition metals and non-transition metals, the band gap in the minority channel at the Fermi energy remains. An ad hoc rule that seems to partially capture the tendency to form half-metals can be formulated as: "001 planar insertions that can plausibly yield 8 down spin electrons on the X$_2$ layer and 4 down spin electrons on the YZ layer yield half-metals".

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