| Title: | MgN: a new promising material for spintronic applications
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| Authors: | Andrea Droghetti, Nadjib Baadji, and Stefano Sanvito, 2009 |
| Abstract: | Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that rocksalt MgN is a magnetic material at the verge of half-metallicity, with an electronic structure robust against strong correlations and spin-orbit interaction. Furthermore the calculated heat of formation describes the compound as metastable and suggests that it can be fabricated by tuning the relative Mg and N abundance during growth. Intriguingly the equilibrium lattice constant is close to that of MgO, so that MgN is likely to form as an inclusion during the fabrication of N-doped MgO. We then speculate that the MgO/MgN system may represent a unique materials platform for magnetic tunnel junctions not incorporating any transition metals. |
| ICHEC Project: | Scanning Tunneling Microscopy for Magnetic Molecules |
| Publication: | Phys. Rev. B, 80, 235310 |
| URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2387 |
| Status: | Published |
