Origin of magnetic anisotropy in doped alloys
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Institute for Metal Physics, Kiev (Ukraine)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) in doped Ce2Co17 and other competing structures was investigated using density functional theory. We confirmed that the MCA contribution from dumbbell Co sites is very negative. Replacing Co dumbbell atoms with a pair of Fe or Mn atoms greatly enhance the uniaxial anisotropy, which agrees quantitatively with experiment, and this enhancement arises from electronic-structure features near the Fermi level, mostly associated with dumbbell sites. With Co dumbbell atoms replaced by other elements, the variation of anisotropy is generally a collective effect and contributions from other sublattices may change significantly. Furthermore, we found that Zr doping promotes the formation of 1-5 structure that exhibits a large uniaxial anisotropy, such that Zr is the most effective element to enhance MCA in this system.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 0472-1526; AC02-07CH11358
- OSTI ID:
- 1335024
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1329499
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-9129; PRBMDO
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Vol. 94, Issue 14; ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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