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Theoretical insights on the electron doping and Curie temperature in La-doped Sr2CrWO6
Jing Wang1, Jian Meng, Zhijian Wu
1State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The structure and electronic and magnetic properties of La(x)Sr(2-x)CrWO(6) (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) were investigated by using the density functional theory. With the increase of La doping, the extra electrons are injected into W 5d orbitals, which makes the spin moments of W increase. In addition, the calculated Curie temperature and total magnetic moments decrease with the increase of the electron doping, in agreement with the experimental observation. This also means that the decrease of Curie temperature with the electron doping is intrinsic. Half metallic properties are obtained for x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.5, and 2.0, whereas for x = 1.0, the compound is semiconducting.
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