Rare-Earth Tetraborides RB$_4$: Analysis of Trends in the Electronic Structure

Details Rare-Earth Tetraborides RB$_4$: Analysis of Trends in the Electronic Structure Rare-Earth Tetraborides RB$_4$: Analysis of Trends in the Electronic Structure

2007-07-17

arxiv.org/abs/0707.2415v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

10 pages, 9 figures

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Both the basic electronic structure of tetraborides, and the changes across the lanthanide series in $R$B$_4$ ($R$ = rare earth) compounds, are studied using the correlated band theory LDA+U method in the all-electron Full Potential Local Orbital (FPLO) code. A set of boron bonding bands can be identified that are well separated from the antibonding bands. Separately, the ``dimer B'' $2p_z$ orbital is non-bonding ({\it viz.} graphite and MgB$_2$), and mixes strongly with the metal 4d or $5d$ states that form the conduction states. The bonding bands are not entirely filled even for the trivalent compounds (thus the cation $d$ bands have some filling), which accounts for the lack of stability of this structure when the cations are divalent (with more bonding states unfilled). The trends in the mean $4f$ level for both majority and minority, and occupied and unoccupied, states are presented and interpreted.

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