Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2009-10-19
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 5405-5416
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Revised version. In press in PCCP
Scientific paper
10.1039/B927508H
We present a detailed study of the structural, electronic, magnetic and ferroelectric properties of prototypical \textit{proper} and \textit{improper} multiferroic (MF) systems such as BiFeO$_{3}$ and orthorhombic HoMnO$_{3}$, respectively, within density functional theory (DFT) and using the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof hybrid functional (HSE). By comparing our results with available experimental data as well as with state-of-the-art GW calculations, we show that the HSE formalism is able to account well for the relevant properties of these compounds and it emerges as an accurate tool for predictive first-principles investigations on multiferroic systems. We show that effects beyond local and semilocal DFT approaches (as provided by HSE) are necessary for a realistic description of MFs. For the electric polarization, a decrease is found for MFs with magnetically-induced ferroelectricity, such as HoMnO$_3$, where the calculated polarization changes from $\sim$ 6 $\mu C/cm^2$ using Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) to $\sim$ 2 $\mu C/cm^2$ using HSE. However, for \textit{proper} MFs, such as BiFeO$_{3}$, the polarization slightly increases upon introduction of exact exchange. Our findings therefore suggest that a general trend for the HSE correction to bare density functional cannot be extracted; rather, a specific investigation has to be carried out on each compound.
Picozzi Sergio
Stroppa Alessandro
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