Material:

MnNbSi

ID:

MMD-3055

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Compounds with the same formula: MnNbSi (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: Mn-Nb-Si (3 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

189

Hermann-Mauguin

P-62m

Hall

P -6 -2

Point group

-6m2

Structure data:

Normalized formula

MnNbSi

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

4

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

6.4239

b (Å)

6.4239

c (Å)

3.4983

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

125.024

Density (g/cm3)

7.010

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-561.4 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

0 meV, (stable)

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram
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Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: MnNbSi

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: Mn-Nb-Si

3 entries found

Binary compounds in Mn-Nb system

1 entry found

Binary compounds in Mn-Si system

11 entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Si system

No entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

2.21 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.25 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.21 T (= 167.1 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic easy axis

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

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

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Mn 3f 0.244761 0.000000 0.000000 0.80 . .
2 Mn 3f 0.755239 0.755239 0.000000 0.80 . .
3 Mn 3f 0.000000 0.244761 0.000000 0.80 . .
4 Nb 3g 0.000000 0.588781 0.500000 -0.07 . .
5 Nb 3g 0.411219 0.411219 0.500000 -0.07 . .
6 Nb 3g 0.588781 0.000000 0.500000 -0.07 . .
7 Si 1b 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 -0.02 . .
8 Si 2c 0.666667 0.333333 0.000000 -0.01 . .
9 Si 2c 0.333333 0.666667 0.000000 -0.01 . .
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
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Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Mn 3f 2 Mn 3f 2.72 .
1 Mn 3f 3 Mn 3f 2.72 .
1 Mn 3f 4 Nb 3g 2.89 .
1 Mn 3f 5 Nb 3g 2.89 .
1 Mn 3f 6 Nb 3g 2.82 .
1 Mn 3f 7 Si 1b 2.35 .
1 Mn 3f 8 Si 2c 2.48 .
1 Mn 3f 9 Si 2c 2.48 .
2 Mn 3f 3 Mn 3f 2.72 .
2 Mn 3f 4 Nb 3g 2.89 .
2 Mn 3f 5 Nb 3g 2.82 .
2 Mn 3f 6 Nb 3g 2.89 .
2 Mn 3f 7 Si 1b 2.35 .
2 Mn 3f 8 Si 2c 2.48 .
2 Mn 3f 9 Si 2c 2.48 .
3 Mn 3f 4 Nb 3g 2.82 .
3 Mn 3f 5 Nb 3g 2.89 .
3 Mn 3f 6 Nb 3g 2.89 .
3 Mn 3f 7 Si 1b 2.35 .
3 Mn 3f 8 Si 2c 2.48 .
3 Mn 3f 9 Si 2c 2.48 .
4 Nb 3g 5 Nb 3g 3.36 .
4 Nb 3g 6 Nb 3g 3.36 .
4 Nb 3g 7 Si 1b 2.64 .
4 Nb 3g 8 Si 2c 2.61 .
4 Nb 3g 9 Si 2c 2.61 .
5 Nb 3g 6 Nb 3g 3.36 .
5 Nb 3g 7 Si 1b 2.64 .
5 Nb 3g 8 Si 2c 2.61 .
5 Nb 3g 9 Si 2c 2.61 .
6 Nb 3g 7 Si 1b 2.64 .
6 Nb 3g 8 Si 2c 2.61 .
6 Nb 3g 9 Si 2c 2.61 .
7 Si 1b 8 Si 2c 4.10 .
7 Si 1b 9 Si 2c 4.10 .
8 Si 2c 9 Si 2c 3.71 .
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-7829
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