Phase diagram, structure, and magnetic properties of the Ge-Mn system: A first-principles study

Emmanuel Arras, Damien Caliste, Thierry Deutsch, Frédéric Lançon, and Pascal Pochet
Phys. Rev. B 83, 174103 – Published 6 May 2011

Abstract

We study the whole Ge-Mn phase diagram with density functional theory (DFT) methods. The 16 known phases are described and trends are analyzed. The compounds are then simulated, allowing a complete evaluation of this method in the projector augmented-wave approach within the collinear spin-polarized framework. Structural parameters, as well as magnetic properties, are compared to experimental values. Stability issues are addressed using a thermodynamic approach based on the grand potential, showing good agreement with experimental data. The impact of semicore electrons and the exchange-correlation functional are also discussed. Finally, it is shown that DFT methods are well suited to study this system, provided that the generalized gradient approximation is used, as opposed to the local density approximation, and correlations between structural errors and Mn concentration are taken into account. In addition, the precision achieved when compared to experiments is 40 meV/atom on energy, ±3% on the lattice parameter, and 0.2μB/Mn on magnetic moments. Magnetic orders are mostly well reproduced.

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  • Received 17 September 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.174103

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Emmanuel Arras, Damien Caliste, Thierry Deutsch, Frédéric Lançon, and Pascal Pochet*

  • Laboratoire de Simulation Atomistique (L_Sim), SP2M, INAC, CEA-UJF, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

  • *pascal.pochet@cea.fr

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Vol. 83, Iss. 17 — 1 May 2011

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