The tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital with the atomic sphere approximation (TB-LMTO-ASA) method was used to investigate the possibility of half-metallic ferromagnetism in CdI2-type MX2 (M =V, Nb; X = Cl, Br, I) compounds. The spin-polarization calculations show that VX2 (X = Cl, Br, I)compounds exhibit half-metallic ferromagnetism with a magnetic moment of 3.0 µB per formula unit as expected at their equilibrium volume. Their half-metallic behavior persists within a small range of volume compression. However, the NbX2 (X = Cl, Br, I) compounds show non-magnetic behavior at their equilibrium volume, whereas these compounds become ferromagnets under large volume expansion. In addition to this, NbX2 (X = Cl, Br, I) compounds exhibit half-metallic property too. The variation of lattice constant with the magnetic moment for VX2 (X = Cl, Br, I) compounds is also analyzed. Magnetism is primarily caused by cation d-like states. Ground-state properties such as equilibrium lattice parameters, bulk modulus, heat of formation, magnetic moments, spin-flip-gap, and minority spin-band-gap are calculated and compared to known values. These materials have the potential to be useful in spintronic devices and other applications.
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Dr. G. JaiganeshDepartment of Physics, Anna University, Chennai - 600 025, India and Materials Science Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India.
G. Kalpana
Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai - 600 025, India.
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