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First principles electronic structure calculations have been carried out on ordered double perovskites Sr_2BBO_6 (for B = Cr or Fe and B 4d and 5d transition metal elements) with increasing number of valence electrons at the B-sites, and on Ba_2MnReO_6 as well as Ba_2FeMoO_6. The Curie temperatures are estimated ab initio from the electronic structures obtained with the local spin-density functional approximation, full-potential generalized gradient approximation and/or the LDA+U method (U - Hubbard parameter). Frozen spin-spirals are used to model the excited states needed to evaluate the spherical approximation for the Curie temperatures. In cases, where the induced moments on the oxygen was found to be large, the determination of the Curie temperature is improved by additional exchange functions between the oxygen atoms and between oxygen and B and B atoms. A pronounced systematics can be found among the experimental and/or calculated Curie temperatures and the total valence electrons of the transition metal elements.
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Doping Bi$_2$Se$_3$ by magnetic ions represents an interesting problem since it may break the time reversal symmetry needed to maintain the topological insulator character. Mn dopants in Bi$_2$Se$_3$ represent one of the most studied examples here. However, there is a lot of open questions regarding their magnetic ordering. In the experimental literature different Curie temperatures or no ferromagnetic order at all are reported for comparable Mn concentrations. This suggests that magnetic ordering phenomena are complex and highly susceptible to different growth parameters, which are known to affect material defect concentrations. So far theory focused on Mn dopants in one possible position, and neglected relaxation effects as well as native defects. We have used ab initio methods to calculate the Bi$_2$Se$_3$ electronic structure influenced by magnetic Mn dopants, and exchange interactions between them. We have considered two possible Mn positions, the substitutional and interstitial one, and also native defects. We have found a sizable relaxation of atoms around Mn, which affects significantly magnetic interactions. Surprisingly, very strong interactions correspond to a specific position of Mn atoms separated by van der Waals gap. Based on the calculated data we performed spin dynamics simulations to examine systematically the resulting magnetic order for various defect contents. We have found under which conditions the experimentally measured Curie temperatures ${T_{rm{C}}}$ can be reproduced, noticing that interstitial Mn atoms appear to be important here. Our theory predicts the change of ${T_{rm{C}}}$ with a shift of Fermi level, which opens the way to tune the system magnetic properties by selective doping.
Numerous physical properties of CaPd3Ti4O12 (CPTO) and CaPd3V4O12 (CPVO) double perovskites have been explored based on density functional theory (DFT). The calculated structural parameters fairly agree with the experimental data to confirm their stability. The mechanical stability of these two compounds was clearly observed by the Born stability criteria. To rationalize the mechanical behavior, we investigate elastic constants, bulk, shear and Youngs modulus, Pughs ratio, Poissons ratio and elastic anisotropy index. The ductility index confirms that both materials are ductile in nature. The electronic band structure of CPTO and CPVO reveals the direct band gap semiconducting in nature and metallic characteristics, respectively. The calculated partial density of states indicates the strong hybridization between Pd 4d and O 2p orbital electrons for CPTO and Pd 4d and V 3d O 2p for CPVO. The study of electronic charge density map confirms the coexistence of covalent, ionic and metallic bonding for both compounds. Fermi surface calculation of CPVO ensures both electron and hole like surfaces indicating the multiple band nature. In the midst of optical properties, photoconductivity and absorption coefficient of both compounds reveal well qualitative compliance with consequences of band structure computations. Among the thermodynamic properties, the Debye temperature has been calculated to correlate its topical features including thermoelectric behavior. The studied thermoelectric transport properties of CPTO yielded the Seebeck coefficient (186 microVK-1), power factor (11.9 microWcm-1K-2) and figure of merit (ZT) value of about 0.8 at 800 K indicate that this material could be a promising candidate for thermoelectric device application.
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