Key role of antiferrimagnetic states in remagnetization of iron clusters

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Gutsev, GL [1 ]
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[1] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Phys, Richmond, VA 23284 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2002年 / 65卷 / 13期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.65.132417
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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The structure and magnetic properties of the small iron clusters Fe-2, Fe-3, and Fe-4 are studied by the density functional theory with generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation potential for all permitted spin multiplicities. The lower-spin-multiplicity states are found to have antiferro(i)magnetic couplings of the magnetic moments at iron sites. The highest-energy aniferro(i)magnetic states are symmetric (nearly symmetric) with respect to distributions of spin-up and spin-down electrons and represent switching points of magnetization.
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