First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications
Clinopyroxene is a subgroup of pyroxene that is found in a variety of igneous and metamorphic rocks. This study investigates the structural, mechanical, electronic, optical, and thermal characteristics of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) using density functional theory. These structures' lattice param...
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| description | Clinopyroxene is a subgroup of pyroxene that is found in a variety of igneous and metamorphic rocks. This study investigates the structural, mechanical, electronic, optical, and thermal characteristics of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) using density functional theory. These structures' lattice parameters have been optimized using GGA-PBE, GGA-PBESOL, and LDA exchange-correlation functionals, where all these structures are found to be stable in monoclinic symmetry having a little variation with experimental results. All the structures are mechanically stable and ductile in nature. The CaFeGe2O6 has the highest melting point and Debye temperature among the three structures. The electronic band diagram and spin-polarized PDOS of these structures confirm the half-metallic nature of all three structures. The half-metallic band gaps of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) are 3.05, 1.69, 1.99 eV in GGA + U and 2.88, 1.52, 1.78 eV in the LDA + U method, respectively. CaMnGe2O6 is metallic in the spin-up state, whereas both CaFeGe2O6 and CaMnGe2O6 are metallic in the spin-down state. Refractive indices and dielectric functions of these structures ensure the transparency of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes around 28.5 eV photon energy. These structures possess the highest reflectivity and absorption coefficients in the UV region. These salient features of these structures suggest that the spintronics and optoelectronics industries may benefit from these clinopyroxene structures in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c6e4c3d5ea74cff92779a70c84a0c642025-01-17T04:50:53ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01111e41315First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applicationsTasmi Akter0Jahirul Islam1Kamal Hossain2Rabeya Akter Rabu3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna-9203, BangladeshDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.Department of Physics, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna-9203, BangladeshDepartment of Physics, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Khulna, BangladeshClinopyroxene is a subgroup of pyroxene that is found in a variety of igneous and metamorphic rocks. This study investigates the structural, mechanical, electronic, optical, and thermal characteristics of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) using density functional theory. These structures' lattice parameters have been optimized using GGA-PBE, GGA-PBESOL, and LDA exchange-correlation functionals, where all these structures are found to be stable in monoclinic symmetry having a little variation with experimental results. All the structures are mechanically stable and ductile in nature. The CaFeGe2O6 has the highest melting point and Debye temperature among the three structures. The electronic band diagram and spin-polarized PDOS of these structures confirm the half-metallic nature of all three structures. The half-metallic band gaps of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) are 3.05, 1.69, 1.99 eV in GGA + U and 2.88, 1.52, 1.78 eV in the LDA + U method, respectively. CaMnGe2O6 is metallic in the spin-up state, whereas both CaFeGe2O6 and CaMnGe2O6 are metallic in the spin-down state. Refractive indices and dielectric functions of these structures ensure the transparency of CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes around 28.5 eV photon energy. These structures possess the highest reflectivity and absorption coefficients in the UV region. These salient features of these structures suggest that the spintronics and optoelectronics industries may benefit from these clinopyroxene structures in the future.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402417346XDFTClinopyroxeneFerromagneticHalf-metallicSpintronicsOptoelectronics |
| spellingShingle | Tasmi Akter Jahirul Islam Kamal Hossain Rabeya Akter Rabu First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications Heliyon DFT Clinopyroxene Ferromagnetic Half-metallic Spintronics Optoelectronics |
| title | First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications |
| title_full | First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications |
| title_fullStr | First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications |
| title_short | First-principles investigation of half-metallic CaTGe2O6 (T = Mn, Fe, Co) clinopyroxenes: Potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications |
| title_sort | first principles investigation of half metallic catge2o6 t mn fe co clinopyroxenes potential for spintronics and optoelectronics applications |
| topic | DFT Clinopyroxene Ferromagnetic Half-metallic Spintronics Optoelectronics |
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