期刊
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
卷 323, 期 5, 页码 416-421出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.09.033
关键词
Density functional theory; Half-metal; Electron correlation; Spintronic
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20831004, 90922015, 20921002]
Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and GGA+U for manganite cuprate compound LuCu3Mn4O12 have been performed, using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method. The calculated results indicate that LuCu3Mn4O12 is ferrimagnetic and half-metallic in both GGA and GGA+U calculations. The minority-spin band gap is 0.7 eV within GGA, which is larger than that of LaCu3Mn4O12 (0.3 eV), indicating its better half-metallicity. Further, the minority-spin gap enlarges from 0.7 to 2.8 eV with U taken into account, and simultaneously the Fermi level being shifted to the middle of the gap, making the half-metallic energy gap to be 1.21 eV. These results demonstrate that electronic correlation effect enhances the stability of half-metallic property. These facts make this system interesting candidates for applications in spintronic devices. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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