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@ARTICLE{Gao:59374,
author = {Gao, G. Y. and Yao, K. L. and Sasioglu, E. and Sandratskii,
L. M. and Liu, Z. L. and Jiang, J. L.},
title = {{H}alf-metallic ferromagnetism in zinc-blende {C}a{C},
{S}r{C}, and {B}a{C} from first principles},
journal = {Physical review / B},
volume = {75},
number = {17},
issn = {1098-0121},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {PreJuSER-59374},
pages = {174442},
year = {2007},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Using the first-principles full-potential linearized
augmented plane-wave method based on density functional
theory, we have investigated the electronic structure and
magnetism of hypothetical MC (M=Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba)
compounds with the zinc-blende (ZB) crystal structure. It is
shown that ZB CaC, SrC, and BaC are half-metallic
ferromagnets with large half-metallic gaps (up to 0.83 eV).
The half metallicity is found to be robust with respect to
the lattice compression and is maintained up to the
lattice-constant contraction of $14\%,$ $13\%,$ and $9\%$
for CaC, SrC, and BaC, respectively. The exchange
interactions in these compounds are studied using the
augmented spherical wave method in conjunction with the
frozen-magnon approach. The Curie temperature is estimated
within both the mean field approximation and the random
phase approximation. The predicted Curie temperatures of all
three half-metallic compounds considerably exceed the room
temperature. The large half-metallic gaps, the robustness of
the half metallicity with respect to the lattice
contraction, and the high Curie temperatures make these
systems interesting candidates for applications in
spintronic devices. The absence of the transition-metal
atoms makes these compounds important model systems for the
study of the origin and properties of the half-metallic
ferromagnetism of s-p electron systems.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IFF-1},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB781},
pnm = {Kondensierte Materie},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK414},
shelfmark = {Physics, Condensed Matter},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000246890500108},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.75.174442},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/59374},
}