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arXiv 1507.01979cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.mtrl-sci
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间隙Mn对Mn $_{1+δ}$ Sb中局域结构和磁性的影响

Influence of interstitial Mn on local structure and magnetism in Mn$_{1+δ}$Sb

Joshua A. Kurzman, Andrew J. Martinolich, James R. Neilson

摘要:

采用X射线全散射和对分布函数(PDF)方法,在密度泛函理论的指导下,研究了铁磁Mn $_{1+δ}$ Sb($0.03 \le δ\le 0.23$)合金中间隙锰(Mn $_i$)周围的结构弛豫.使用晶体学约束的结构模型的实验PDF的改进表明在赤道面的Mn $_i$ Sb $_5$三角双锥网站,这引入了显着的位置无序除了名义上随机占用间隙空隙的膨胀。观察到的弱扩散信号附近的禁止(001)的反射位置是指示相关的障碍,从集群的Mn $_i$。近似于$δ= 0.08$、$0.15,$和$0.23$组合物的超晶胞的密度泛函弛豫提供了精确描述PDF中捕获的短程结构畸变的改进模型。这种结构弛豫增加了Mn $_i$上的DFT计算的磁矩,其与初级Mn磁矩反平行排列,但导致Mn和Sb的平均磁矩以及Mn和Sb的磁矩接近晶格的非实质性变化,从而提供了对所观察到的体磁性质的更准确的描述。

英文摘要:

We report x-ray total scattering and pair distribution function (PDF) studies of the structural relaxation around interstitial manganese (Mn$_i$) in ferromagnetic Mn$_{1+δ}$Sb ($0.03 \le δ\le 0.23$) alloys, guided by density functional theory (DFT). Refinements to the experimental PDF using a crystallographically constrained structural model indicate an expansion in the equatorial plane of the Mn$_i$Sb$_5$ trigonal bipyramidal site, which introduces significant positional disorder in addition to the nominally-random occupation of interstitial voids. Observation of a weak diffuse signal near the symmetry-forbidden (001) reflection position is indicative of correlated disorder from the clustering of Mn$_i$. Density functional relaxation of supercells approximating the $δ= 0.08$, $0.15,$ and $0.23$ compositions provides improved models that accurately describe the short-range structural distortions captured in the PDFs. Such structural relaxation increases the DFT calculated moment on Mn$_i$, which aligns antiparallel to the primary Mn moments, but leads to insubstantial changes in the average Mn and Sb moments and moments of Mn and Sb proximal to interstitials, thus providing a more accurate description of the observed bulk magnetic properties.

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