Magnetic Ordering in Hexagonally Bonded Sheets with First-Row Elements
Author(s) -
Susumu Okada,
Atsushi Oshiyama
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.87.146803
Subject(s) - ferromagnetism , density functional theory , condensed matter physics , honeycomb , materials science , ground state , honeycomb structure , stoichiometry , electronic structure , electronic band structure , spin (aerodynamics) , total energy , physics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , chemistry , psychology , organic chemistry , displacement (psychology) , composite material , psychotherapist
We report first-principles total-energy electronic-structure calculations in the density-functional theory performed for hexagonally bonded honeycomb sheets consisting of B, N, and C atoms. We find that the ground state of BNC sheets with particular stoichiometry is ferromagnetic. Detailed analyses of energy bands and spin densities unequivocally reveal the nature of the ferromagnetic ordering, leading to an argument that the BNC sheet is a manifestation of the flat-band ferromagnetism
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