Collinear versus non-collinear magnetic order in Pd atomic clusters: ab-initio calculations

Details Collinear versus non-collinear magnetic order in Pd atomic clusters: ab-initio calculations Collinear versus non-collinear magnetic order in Pd atomic clusters: ab-initio calculations

2007-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/0706.2951v1

Physical Review B 74, 174416 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.74.174416

We present a thorough theoretical assessment of the stability of non-collinear spin arrangements in small palladium clusters. We generally find that ferromagnetic order is always preferred, but that antiferromagnetic and non-collinear configurations of different sorts exist and compete for the first excited isomers. We also show that the ground state is insensitive to the choice of atomic configuration for the pseudopotential used and to the approximation taken for the exchange and correlation potential. Moreover, the existence and relative stability of the different excited configurations also depends weakly on the approximations employed. These results provide strong evidence on the transferability of pseudopotential and exchange and correlation functionals for palladium clusters as opposed to the situation found for the bulk phases of palladium.

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