Material:

NiN

ID:

MMD-1649

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Compounds with the same formula: NiN (4 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Ni-N (10 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

186

Hermann-Mauguin

P6_3mc

Hall

P 6c -2c

Point group

6mm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

NiN

The number of formula units per unit cell

2

The total number of atoms per unit cell

4

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

2

Structure search

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

3.0335

b (Å)

3.0335

c (Å)

5.0705

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

40.407

Density (g/cm3)

5.975

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

461.0 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

426.5 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: NiN

4 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Ni-N

10 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

non-magnetic

Total magnetic moment

0.00 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.00 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.00 T (= 0.0 emu/cm3)
Data for the Curie temperature are not available for this entry.
Data for the magnetic anisotropy are not available for this entry.

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

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Ni 2b 0.666667 0.333333 0.873046 -0.00 . .
2 Ni 2b 0.333333 0.666667 0.373046 -0.00 . .
3 N 2b 0.666667 0.333333 0.501956 0.00 . .
4 N 2b 0.333333 0.666667 0.001956 0.00 . .
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 Ni 2b 2 Ni 2b 3.08 .
1 Ni 2b 3 N 2b 1.88 .
1 Ni 2b 4 N 2b 1.87 .
2 Ni 2b 3 N 2b 1.87 .
2 Ni 2b 4 N 2b 1.88 .
3 N 2b 4 N 2b 3.08 .
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) = (None, None, None) 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: mp-973933
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