Aspects of simulating metal-insulator transitions in CrS and CoS

The electron-energy structure of CrS and CoS monosulfides at a temperature of 0 K is investigated theoretically using the augmented plane wave approach in combination with the WIEN2k program code. Computations of the total and partial densities of electron states are performed in the LDA + U approxi...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics 2014-08, Vol.78 (8), p.694-697
Main Authors: Lavrentyev, A. A., Gabrelian, B. V., Shkumat, P. N., Nikiforov, I. Ya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiferromagnetism
Band gap
Computer simulation
Conductors
Crystal structure
Electron spin
Electron states
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Insulators
Metal-insulator transition
Nuclear Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Proceedings of the International Symposium “Environments with Structural and Magnetic Ordering” Multiferroics 4
Three dimensional models
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Summary:The electron-energy structure of CrS and CoS monosulfides at a temperature of 0 K is investigated theoretically using the augmented plane wave approach in combination with the WIEN2k program code. Computations of the total and partial densities of electron states are performed in the LDA + U approximation with allowance for the antiferromagnetic ordering of magnetic moments of 3 d -metal atoms. In our models, the optical forbidden band gap E g in the CrS compound emerges in the monoclinic crystal structure but is missing from the NiAs structure. For the CoS compound in the NiAs structure, computations of the electron-energy structure are performed for both the highand low-spin configurations of the Co atom’s 3 d 7 shell. The optically forbidden E g band gap appears in the high-spin configuration with strong correlations of d -electrons, while CoS remains a conductor in the low-spin configuration.
ISSN:1062-8738
1934-9432
DOI:10.3103/S1062873814080231