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Density functional description of spin, lattice, and spin-lattice dynamics in antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases at finite temperatures

2022-11-10

 

Author(s): Zunger, A (Zunger, Alex); Gambino, D (Gambino, Davide); Malyi, OI (Malyi, Oleksandr I.); Wang, Z (Wang, Zhi); Alling, B (Alling, Bjoern)

Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW B Volume: 106 Issue: 13 Article Number: 134406 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.134406 Published: OCT 10 2022

Abstract: Describing the (a) electronic and magnetic properties (EMPs) of compounds generally requires the specification of (b) the type of spin configurations one is considering [e.g., antiferromagnetic (AFM) or paramagnetic (PM) phases, with or without spin short-range order (SRO)] and lattice structure (e.g., atomic displacements, possible symmetry breaking) of such phases at a given temperature. Indeed, studying the interplay between the spin configuration and lattice structure (SCLS) and the ensuing EMPs has been an outstanding challenge in the theory of matter. The traditional approach of electronic phases of matter has generally focused on the interelectronic interactions, regarding the lattice structure as a spectator degree of freedom (DOF), often fixed from an external source (experiment or model assumptions). However, one expects that the EMPs of a compound can generally respond self-consistently to changes in SCLS (including symmetry), and at the same time, the SCLS can change in response to different electron and spin distributions visited during the calculation of the EMPs. This ping-pong-like interplay where structure affects electronic properties and the latter affect structure is indeed a cornerstone of much of the intricacy of understanding quantum materials. However, there is a limited understanding of the theory required to determine the SCLS at finite temperature in a way that can affect the EMPs and vice versa. We use here a practical, density functional theory (DFT)-based approach that provides the SCLS as a function of temperature, involving the description of spin, lattice, and spin-lattice dynamics of AFM and PM phases, thus providing the required ping-pong partners to the description of the EMPs of different phases. We distinguish three levels of dynamics: (I) dynamics of the spin DOFs treated via noncollinear Heisenberg Monte Carlo solved with exchange energies obtained from first-principles DFT cluster expansion, (II) dynamics of the lattice DOFs treated by ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) employing a fixed, representative spin configuration from Level I at the simulated temperature, and (III) coupling of spin and lattice dynamics via Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert spin dynamics combined with AIMD. Such SCLSs at each of the three levels are used as inputs to DFT supercell calculations, providing the EMPs at each temperature. The results of this sequence include electronic band structures, bandgaps, density of states, as well as the statistical distribution of local moments and the SRO parameters, each as a function of temperature. Herein, we define a path to include temperature in magnetic insulators at different levels of spin dynamics by intercommunication between electronic structure theory and statistical mechanics. Using NiO as a test case, we address the separability of the DOFs in magnetic insulators for a minimal description of EMPs, demonstrating that inclusion of spin dynamics and, to some level, lattice dynamics is enough to explain the EMPs.

Accession Number: WOS:000871069000005

ISSN: 2469-9950

eISSN: 2469-9969

Full Text: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.134406



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