Material:

Ni3S

ID:

MMD-1651

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Compounds with the same formula: Ni3S (2 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Ni-S (25 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

tetragonal

Space group number

139

Hermann-Mauguin

I4/mmm

Hall

-I 4 2

Point group

4/mmm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

Ni3S

The number of formula units per unit cell

2

The total number of atoms per unit cell

8

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

3

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

3.4861

b (Å)

3.4861

c (Å)

7.3123

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

90.000

Volume (Å3)

88.865

Density (g/cm3)

7.779

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

160.9 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

387.1 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: Ni3S

2 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Ni-S

25 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

2.07 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.26 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.27 T (= 214.9 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Ka-c

-0.49 MJ/m3 (= -0.27 meV/cell)

Magnetic easy axis

ab plane

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

2.96

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

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Ni 4d 0.000000 0.500000 0.250000 0.42 . .
2 Ni 4d 0.500000 0.000000 0.250000 0.42 . .
3 Ni 4d 0.500000 0.500000 0.000000 0.18 . .
4 Ni 4d 0.500000 0.000000 0.750000 0.42 . .
5 Ni 2b 0.000000 0.500000 0.750000 0.42 . .
6 Ni 2b 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 0.18 . .
7 S 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.05 . .
8 S 2a 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000 0.05 . .
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 4d 2 Ni 4d 2.47 .
1 Ni 4d 3 Ni 4d 2.53 .
1 Ni 4d 4 Ni 4d 4.41 .
1 Ni 4d 5 Ni 2b 3.66 .
1 Ni 4d 6 Ni 2b 2.53 .
1 Ni 4d 7 S 2a 2.53 .
1 Ni 4d 8 S 2a 2.53 .
2 Ni 4d 3 Ni 4d 2.53 .
2 Ni 4d 4 Ni 4d 3.66 .
2 Ni 4d 5 Ni 2b 4.41 .
2 Ni 4d 6 Ni 2b 2.53 .
2 Ni 4d 7 S 2a 2.53 .
2 Ni 4d 8 S 2a 2.53 .
3 Ni 4d 4 Ni 4d 2.53 .
3 Ni 4d 5 Ni 2b 2.53 .
3 Ni 4d 6 Ni 2b 4.41 .
3 Ni 4d 7 S 2a 2.47 .
3 Ni 4d 8 S 2a 3.66 .
4 Ni 4d 5 Ni 2b 2.47 .
4 Ni 4d 6 Ni 2b 2.53 .
4 Ni 4d 7 S 2a 2.53 .
4 Ni 4d 8 S 2a 2.53 .
5 Ni 2b 6 Ni 2b 2.53 .
5 Ni 2b 7 S 2a 2.53 .
5 Ni 2b 8 S 2a 2.53 .
6 Ni 2b 7 S 2a 3.66 .
6 Ni 2b 8 S 2a 2.47 .
7 S 2a 8 S 2a 4.41 .
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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Methods:

DFT calculations

  • exchange-correlation energy functional: GGA-PBE
  • pseudopotential type: PAW
  • cutoff energy: 65.0 Ry
  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) = (18, 18, 8) 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-976809
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