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Offline Om Prakash Upadhyay

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Magnetism
« on: November 11, 2016, 06:22 »
Hello.......
how ca we examine ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic material  from ATK-DFT.
Reply plez...........

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2016, 11:58 »
« Last Edit: November 11, 2016, 12:44 by Ulrik G. Vej-Hansen »

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2016, 13:21 »
please, clearyfy me that haw can we identify ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic behaviour?????
The .py file is attached as below

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2016, 03:24 »
If the initial spins of all copper atoms are specified with a same non-zero value, the calculations may converge the ferromagnetic states.
If the initial spins of some of copper atoms are specified with a same non-zero value (e.g., x), while the initial spins of the remaining copper atoms are specified with a value smaller than x,  the calculations may converge to the ferrimagnetic states. 

In the actual situation, the ferrimagnetic state may not exist or it may be in a very high state,  the calculations will difficultly  or even can't converge to the real ferrimagnetic state.

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2016, 06:52 »
Thanks a lot for reply.
    According your reply 'zh',either we have to see iitial state of copper on mulliken population or any other else?
I have attached mullike population file as below.
please help me how can I idetify either it is ferromagnetic or ferrimagetic?

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2016, 12:07 »
After the self-consistent calculation is finished, you can check the magnetic moment of each atom by the mullliken charge population (the spin-up charge   -  the spin-down charge), just as you said.

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2016, 12:26 »
Thanks a lot for reply..............
Yes I did and found different value of magnetic moment (some are same) of each atom by the mulliken charge population (the spin-up charge - the spin-down charge). The total magnetic moment is about 6ยต. What does it mean?  either it is ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic?
What is the main clue behind it to understand? Please clearify the result.........

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Re: Magnetism
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2016, 14:08 »
I would suggest that you first learn the basic theory of ferro- and ferrimagnetism from some websites or books, else you will not be successful anyway. Your opening statement is that you want to study these properties, but unless you know what they are, running a calculation will not help you understand the concepts or get any sensible results.