Material:

VNiN2

ID:

MMD-3328

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Compounds with the same formula: VNiN2 (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: V-Ni-N (5 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

194

Hermann-Mauguin

P6_3/mmc

Hall

-P 6c 2c

Point group

6/mmm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

VNiN2

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)

2.8592

b (Å)

2.8592

c (Å)

9.8279

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

69.582

Density (g/cm3)

6.570

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-163.8 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram
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Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: VNiN2

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: V-Ni-N

5 entries found

Binary compounds in V-Ni system

7 entries found

Binary compounds in V-N system

No entries found

Binary compounds in Ni-N system

10 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

1.41 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.18 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.24 T (= 191.0 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 V 2d 0.666667 0.333333 0.250000 0.12 . .
2 V 2d 0.333333 0.666667 0.750000 0.12 . .
3 Ni 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.42 . .
4 Ni 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 0.42 . .
5 N 4f 0.666667 0.333333 0.871860 0.05 . .
6 N 4f 0.333333 0.666667 0.128140 0.05 . .
7 N 4f 0.333333 0.666667 0.371860 0.05 . .
8 N 4f 0.666667 0.333333 0.628140 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
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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 V 2d 2 V 2d 5.18 .
1 V 2d 3 Ni 2a 2.96 .
1 V 2d 4 Ni 2a 2.96 .
1 V 2d 5 N 4f 3.72 .
1 V 2d 6 N 4f 2.04 .
1 V 2d 7 N 4f 2.04 .
1 V 2d 8 N 4f 3.72 .
2 V 2d 3 Ni 2a 2.96 .
2 V 2d 4 Ni 2a 2.96 .
2 V 2d 5 N 4f 2.04 .
2 V 2d 6 N 4f 3.72 .
2 V 2d 7 N 4f 3.72 .
2 V 2d 8 N 4f 2.04 .
3 Ni 2a 4 Ni 2a 4.91 .
3 Ni 2a 5 N 4f 2.08 .
3 Ni 2a 6 N 4f 2.08 .
3 Ni 2a 7 N 4f 4.01 .
3 Ni 2a 8 N 4f 4.01 .
4 Ni 2a 5 N 4f 4.01 .
4 Ni 2a 6 N 4f 4.01 .
4 Ni 2a 7 N 4f 2.08 .
4 Ni 2a 8 N 4f 2.08 .
5 N 4f 6 N 4f 3.01 .
5 N 4f 7 N 4f 5.18 .
5 N 4f 8 N 4f 2.40 .
6 N 4f 7 N 4f 2.40 .
6 N 4f 8 N 4f 5.18 .
7 N 4f 8 N 4f 3.01 .
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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) = (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-1245731
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