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Compensated Ferrimagnetism and Half‐Metallic Behavior in Potassium (K) Intercalated Naphthalene
Author(s) -
Marik Arkadeep,
Sarath Kumar Chedharla Balaji,
Mohakud Sasmita
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.202000398
Subject(s) - naphthalene , intercalation (chemistry) , crystallography , materials science , ferrimagnetism , crystal structure , crystal (programming language) , atom (system on chip) , metal , chemistry , fermi level , ground state , chemical physics , inorganic chemistry , magnetization , organic chemistry , atomic physics , physics , electron , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , computer science , embedded system , programming language
Metal‐intercalated organic crystals exhibit a large variety of interesting phenomena such as superconductivity, magnetism, and metallic conductivity because of which they could find wide technological applications. Here, the electronic, magnetic, and conducting properties of two polymorphs of naphthalene molecular crystals such as naphthalene‐I and naphthalene‐II are studied within first principle calculations by intercalating a potassium atom (K). The most stable structure of K‐intercalated naphthalene in each crystal phase is identified by estimating the stabilization energy. In naphthalene‐I, the most stable structure of single K atom doped naphthalene shows a fully compensated ferrimagnetic ground state, whereas K‐doped naphthalene‐II prefers a nonmagnetic ground state. The electronic band structure of K‐intercalated naphthalene shows a shift in the Fermi level due to the charge transfer from the K atom to the host molecule, making the system conducting. However, an interesting half‐metallic behavior with anisotropic charge transport along one crystallographic direction is observed in the stable structure of K‐intercalated naphthalene‐I crystal.