Published November 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

The influence of nitrogen vacancies on the magnetic and electronic properties of ruthenium mononitride: First-principles study

  • 1. Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 620990 Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation)

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We present FLAPW-GGA calculations of the magnetic and electronic properties of cubic RuNx (x=1.0, 0.75 and 0.50). We find that RuN exhibits a ferromagnetic ground state and the local ruthenium magnetic moment abruptly decreases with nitrogen vacancies. The relative positions of t2g and eg states and the Ru 4d-N 2p hybridization in RuNx are discussed. We have also found that the magnetic behavior for RuNx vs. FeNx as dependent on the nitrogen vacancies content displays an opposite trend.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.07.008

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DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.07.008;
PII
S0304-8853(09)00706-9;

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Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
321
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 3624-3629
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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