Can a half-metallic zincblende-type structure be stabilized via epitaxy?

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2004-08-31

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0408707v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 1 figures

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The need for spin-injectors having the same zincblende-type crystal structure as conventional semiconductor substrates has created significant interests in theoretical predictions of possible metastable ``half-metallic'' zincblende ferromagnets, which are normally more stable in other structure-types, e.g., NiAs. Such predictions were based in the past on differences $\Delta_{\rm bulk}$ in the total-energies of the respective {\em bulk} crystal forms (zincblende and NiAs). We show here that the appropriate criterion is comparing difference $\Delta_{\rm epi}(a_s)$ in {\em epitaxial} total-energies. This reveals that even if $\Delta_{\rm bulk}$ is small, still for MnAs, CrSb, CrAs, CrTe, $\Delta_{\rm epi}(a_s) > 0$ for all substrate lattice constant $a_s$, so the zincblende phase is not stabilized. For CrS we find $\Delta_{\rm epi}(a_s) <0$, but the system is antiferromagnetic, thus not half-metallic. Finally, zincblende CrSe is predicted to be epitaxially stable for $a_s > 6.2$ \AA\ and half-metallic.

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