Effect of Hubbard U on calculations of magnetic properties of α″–Fe16N2
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Abstract
The ordered iron nitride phase α″–Fe16N2 has been a potential candidate for rare-earth free magnets with giant saturation magnetization, but first-principles electronic-structure calculations have struggled to reproduce recent observations of high magnetic moment, while calculations of magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) vary significantly. Within the framework of density-functional theory (DFT), a common extension to the usual generalized-gradient approximation (GGA) exchange-correlation (XC) functional is the inclusion of Hubbard parameters U (,J) as GGA + U. A number of previous papers have applied this method to Fe16N2, each with their own choice of Hubbard parameters. The plane-wave DFT code Quantum ESPRESSO was employed to more comprehensively study the effect of the value of Hubbard parameters U and J on the system, particularly with respect to its magnetic properties. Various approaches for setting U and J were compared, including self-consistent calculations via the linear-response method.
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OpenAlex topics: Magnetic properties of thin films · Magnetic Properties of Alloys · Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
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Affiliations
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota 1 , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Minnesota 2 , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Funding
Robert F. Hartmann Endowed Chair
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