Electronic structure and magnetic properties of metastable SmCo_(7) compound

作     者：ZHANG Changwen 1 , LI Hua 1 , DONG Jianmin 1 , WANG Yongjuan 1 , PAN Fengchun 1 , ZHANG Jian 1 , GUO Yongquan 2 & LI Wei 2 1. School of Physics and Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China 2. Institute of Functional Materials, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing 100081, China 

作者机构：School of Physics and Microelectronics Shandong University Jinan China Institute of Functional Materials Central Iron and Steel Research Institutes Beijing China 

出 版 物：《Science China(Physics,Mechanics & Astronomy)》 (中国科学：物理学、力学、天文学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2005年第48卷第3期

页      面：325-335页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program,Grant No.2002AA324050) by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Grant Nos.Y2002D9 and Y2004A10) 

主　　题：electronic structure, spin polarization, atomic magnetic moment, exchange coupling, Curie temperature. 

摘      要：The electronic density of states, spin-splittings and atomic magnetic moments of SmCo 7 compound have been studied using spin-polarized MS-Xα method. The results show that a few of electrons are transferred to Sm(5d 0 ) orbital because of orbital hybridization between Sm and Co atoms in the compound. The exchange interactions between 3d and 5d electrons lead to the magnetic coupling between Sm and Co, and therefore, result in the long-range ferromagnetic order inside the SmCo 7 compound. There are negative exchange couplings occurring at some levels, which weakens the strength of average coupling around Co lattice. So, the Curie temperature and Co-moment of SmCo 7 decrease distinctly compared with pure Co. Compared with SmCo 5 compound, the disordered substitution of Co-Co “dumbbell-atom pairs for Sm changes the local environment of Co lattice, which makes the 2e site bear negative magnetic moment. The strength of hybridization near Fermi level weakens and the free energy of the compound increases obviously. Thus, SmCo 7 is a metastable compound at room temperature. Considering the localization of 4f electrons and a few of 5d electrons arising from the orbital hybridization, the magnetic moment of Sm atom will be 1.61μ B in SmCo 7 compound, which is in agreement with the experimental values of Sm 3+ ion- moment and Sm atom-moment in metals.