Material:

MnS2

ID:

MMD-1032

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Compounds with the same formula: MnS2 (6 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Mn-S (12 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

trigonal

Space group number

166

Hermann-Mauguin

R-3m

Hall

-R 3 2"

Point group

-3m

Structure data:

Normalized formula

MnS2

The number of formula units per unit cell

3

The total number of atoms per unit cell

9

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

2

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

3.3518

b (Å)

3.3518

c (Å)

22.0221

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

214.259

Density (g/cm3)

2.768

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-568.2 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

0 meV, (stable)

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: MnS2

6 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Mn-S

12 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

8.88 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.99 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.48 T (= 382.0 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Ka-c

-0.12 MJ/m3 (= -0.16 meV/cell)

Magnetic easy axis

ab plane

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

0.80

Atomic positions (fractional coordinates) and site-specific magnetic data:

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Mn 3a 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 2.77 . .
2 Mn 3a 0.666667 0.333333 0.333333 2.77 . .
3 Mn 3a 0.333333 0.666667 0.666667 2.77 . .
4 S 6c 0.333333 0.666667 0.059969 -0.02 . .
5 S 6c 0.333333 0.666667 0.273364 -0.02 . .
6 S 6c 0.000000 0.000000 0.393303 -0.02 . .
7 S 6c 0.000000 0.000000 0.606697 -0.02 . .
8 S 6c 0.666667 0.333333 0.726636 -0.02 . .
9 S 6c 0.666667 0.333333 0.940031 -0.02 . .
w: site multiplicity (the number of equivalent positions) and Wyckoff letter (a label for site symmetry)
m: local magnetic moment
Esoc100 (001): Spin-orbit coupling energy for the magnetization oriented along the crystallographic a (c) axis
(Individual Esoc values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Mn 3a 2 Mn 3a 7.59 .
1 Mn 3a 3 Mn 3a 7.59 .
1 Mn 3a 4 S 6c 2.34 .
1 Mn 3a 5 S 6c 6.32 .
1 Mn 3a 6 S 6c 8.66 .
1 Mn 3a 7 S 6c 8.66 .
1 Mn 3a 8 S 6c 6.32 .
1 Mn 3a 9 S 6c 2.34 .
2 Mn 3a 3 Mn 3a 7.59 .
2 Mn 3a 4 S 6c 6.32 .
2 Mn 3a 5 S 6c 2.34 .
2 Mn 3a 6 S 6c 2.34 .
2 Mn 3a 7 S 6c 6.32 .
2 Mn 3a 8 S 6c 8.66 .
2 Mn 3a 9 S 6c 8.66 .
3 Mn 3a 4 S 6c 8.66 .
3 Mn 3a 5 S 6c 8.66 .
3 Mn 3a 6 S 6c 6.32 .
3 Mn 3a 7 S 6c 2.34 .
3 Mn 3a 8 S 6c 2.34 .
3 Mn 3a 9 S 6c 6.32 .
4 S 6c 5 S 6c 4.70 .
4 S 6c 6 S 6c 7.59 .
4 S 6c 7 S 6c 10.17 .
4 S 6c 8 S 6c 7.59 .
4 S 6c 9 S 6c 3.27 .
5 S 6c 6 S 6c 3.27 .
5 S 6c 7 S 6c 7.59 .
5 S 6c 8 S 6c 10.17 .
5 S 6c 9 S 6c 7.59 .
6 S 6c 7 S 6c 4.70 .
6 S 6c 8 S 6c 7.59 .
6 S 6c 9 S 6c 10.17 .
7 S 6c 8 S 6c 3.27 .
7 S 6c 9 S 6c 7.59 .
8 S 6c 9 S 6c 4.70 .
Jij: magnetic exchange parameter between site i and j (Individual Jij values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
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Terms and conditions

Pair-resolved magnetic exchange parameters:


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Individual exchange parameters:


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Methods:

DFT calculations

  • exchange-correlation energy functional: GGA-PBE
  • pseudopotential type: PAW
  • cutoff energy: 65.0 Ry
  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) = (22, 22, 2) for magnetic anisotropy calculations
  • package: QE (v6.3)

LMTO-GF calculations

  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) =
  • energy mesh: 41 points on an elliptical contour
  • package: Questaal (v7)

References:

References

Materials Project: mvc-14047
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