Size-Dependent Critical Temperature and Anomalous Optical Dispersion in Ferromagnetic CrI3 Nanotubes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Method
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural Characterization
3.2. Electronic Band Structures
3.3. Curie Temperature
3.4. Optical Properties
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Compound | L (Å) | d (Å) | dcalculated (Å) | dCr–I (Å) | δ (Å) | Eg (eV) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(5,0)-ZZ | 11.821 | 12.01 | 10.87 | 2.71 | 2.83 | 0.435 |
(5,5)-AC | 6.825 | 19.30 | 18.82 | 2.68 | 2.93 | 0.695 |
(10,0)-ZZ | 11.821 | 21.81 | 21.73 | 2.68 | 2.95 | 0.809 |
(10,10)-AC | 6.825 | 35.93 | 37.65 | 2.69 | 2.96 | 0.427 |
Compound | MCr (µB) | MI (µB) | Mcell (µB) | Eex (×10−3 eV) | J (×10−3 eV) | Tc (K) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(5,0)-ZZ | 3.55 | −0.18 | 60.36 | 351.81 | 1.95 | 33 |
(5,5)-AC | 3.47 | −0.16 | 60.09 | 675.81 | 3.75 | 63 |
(10,0)-ZZ | 3.42 | −0.14 | 119.66 | 1859.97 | 5.17 | 86 |
(10,10)-AC | 3.39 | 0.14 | 119.30 | 1044.06 | 2.90 | 48 |
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Moaied, M.; Hong, J. Size-Dependent Critical Temperature and Anomalous Optical Dispersion in Ferromagnetic CrI3 Nanotubes. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 153. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020153
Moaied M, Hong J. Size-Dependent Critical Temperature and Anomalous Optical Dispersion in Ferromagnetic CrI3 Nanotubes. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(2):153. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020153
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoaied, Mohammed, and Jisang Hong. 2019. "Size-Dependent Critical Temperature and Anomalous Optical Dispersion in Ferromagnetic CrI3 Nanotubes" Nanomaterials 9, no. 2: 153. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020153