IFLP   13074
INSTITUTO DE FISICA LA PLATA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Structural, electronic and hyperfine properties of pure and Ta-doped m-ZrO2
Autor/es:
M. TAYLOR; R. ALONSO; L. A,. ERRICO; A. LÓPEZ GARCÍA; P. DE LA PRESA; A. SVANE; N. E. CHRISTENSEN
Revista:
PHYSICAL REVIEW B - CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS
Editorial:
APS
Referencias:
Lugar: New York; Año: 2012 vol. 85 p. 155202 - 155202
ISSN:
0163-1829
Resumen:
Pagina inicial: 155202-1 Pagina final: 155202-11 A combination of experiments and ab initio quantum-mechanical calculations has been applied to examine electronic, structural, and hyperfine interactions in pure and Ta-doped zirconium dioxide in its monoclinic phase (m-ZrO2). From the theoretical point of view, the full-potential linear augmented plane wave plus local orbital (APW+lo) method was applied to treat the electronic structure of the doped system including the atomic relaxations introduced by the impurities in the host in a fully self-consistent way using a supercell approach. Different charge states of the Ta impurity were considered in the study and its effects on the electronic, structural, and hyperfine properties are discussed. Our results suggest that two different charge states coexist in Ta-doped m-ZrO2. Further, ab initio calculations predict that depending on the impurity charge state, a sizeable magnetic moment can be induced at the Ta-probe site. This prediction is confirmed by a new analysis of experimental data.