Study of Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic Properties of Cubic Lanthanide Based on Oxide Perovskite-Type NdGaO{sub 3}

Based on the density functional theory (DFT), the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave with local orbital (FP-L/APW+lo) technique is now employed in this approach to understand the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of simple cubic oxide perovskite NdGaO{sub 3} compound. In al...

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Published in:Journal of superconductivity and novel magnetism 2019-07, Vol.32 (7)
Main Authors: Amine Monir, Mohammed El, Baltach, Hadj, Haj Hassan, Fouad El, Bahnes, Aicha, Bahnes, Zohra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CUBIC LATTICES
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD
DENSITY OF STATES
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
GALLIUM COMPOUNDS
GROUND STATES
LATTICE PARAMETERS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MATERIALS SCIENCE
NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
PARAMAGNETISM
PEROVSKITE
SEMIMETALS
SPIN ORIENTATION
WAVE PROPAGATION
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Summary:Based on the density functional theory (DFT), the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave with local orbital (FP-L/APW+lo) technique is now employed in this approach to understand the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of simple cubic oxide perovskite NdGaO{sub 3} compound. In all this investigation, the exchange-correlation (XC) energy is selected in the framework of spin-polarized generalized gradient approximation (spin-GGA). The structural analysis unveils that the ferromagnetic (FM) phase is the stable ground state of the cubic NdGaO{sub 3} compound, where the equilibrium lattice parameters (lattice constant (a{sub 0}), bulk modulus (B{sub 0}), and its first pressure derivative (B′)) are determined in both FM and paramagnetic (PM) phases. The spin-polarized electronic properties (band structure and density of states) of the cubic NdGaO{sub 3} oxide perovskite are studied under the platform of equilibrium lattice parameters; this investigation demonstrates the half-metallic behavior of the studied cubic NdGaO{sub 3} compound because the spin-up case displays the metallic nature, whereas the semiconducting character is observed in spin-down case. The magnetic properties reveal that the total magnetic moment of the cubic NdGaO{sub 3} compound is equal to 3 μ{sub B} and its contribution is mostly generated by Nd atoms, whereas feeble local magnetic moments are installed in non-magnetic Ga and O sites. Through the electronic and magnetic results, we conclude that the cubic perovskite NdGaO{sub 3} compound is classified as a half-metallic ferromagnetic material.
ISSN:1557-1939
1557-1947