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Robust Half-Metallicity and Magnetic Properties of Cubic Perovskite CaFeO3 |
| Zahid Ali1,2*, Iftikhar Ahmad1, Banaras Khan1, Imad Khan1 |
1Materials Modeling Center, Department of Physics, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Dir(L), Pakistan
2Department of Physics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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Zahid Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad, Banaras Khan et al 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 047504 |
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Abstract Theoretical studies of the cubic perovskite CaFeO3 are performed using the full potential linearized augmented plane-wave method with GGA+U. The calculated structural parameters are consistent with the experimental results. The tolerance factor reveals the cubic phase of the compound. The spin polarized electronic band structures and densities of states as well as the integer value of the magnetic moment of the unit cell (4μB) demonstrate that CaFeO3 is half metal. Ferromagnetism in CaFeO3 is due to Fe+4–O2–Fe+4 superexchange interaction. The robust properties of the compound show that with their compression up to a certain critical lattice constant, known as the robust transition lattice constant, an abrupt change in the electronic and magnetic properties occurs; the compounds lose their integer magnetic moment and become metallic.
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Received: 14 November 2012
Published: 28 April 2013
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75.50.Gg
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(Ferrimagnetics)
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71.15.Mb
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(Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)
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85.75.-d
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(Magnetoelectronics; spintronics: devices exploiting spin polarized transport or integrated magnetic fields)
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