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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2007.17.4.152

The Electronic Structure Calculations for Hexagonal Multiferroic Materials  

Park, Key-Taeck (Department of Nano Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Abstract
We have studied electronic structures and magnetic properties of $YMnO_3,\;ScManO_3$ with hexagonal structure using Full Potential Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (FLAPW) method based on LSDA method. LSDA calculation results show that multiferroic $YMnO_3$ shows energy gap due to hexagonal symmetry and magnetic interaction. Because of insulating gap and small Y ion, $YMnO_3$ shows magnetic and ferroelectric state. However, $ScMnO_3$ does not show the energy gap because of strong hybridization of Mn-O for LSDA calculation. We confirmed the stability of multiferroic state for $YMnO_3\;and\;ScManO_3$ using total energy calculations. The antiferromagnetic and ferroelectric states have the lowest energy about 100 meV.
Keywords
first principle calculation; multiferroic; total energy;
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