https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2012-30321-x
Regular Article
A first-principles study aided with Monte Carlo simulations of carbon doped iron-manganese alloys
Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen and
CENIDE, 47048
Duisburg,
Germany
a e-mail: denis@thp.uni-due.de
Received:
16
April
2012
Received in final form:
6
August
2012
Published online:
15
October
2012
We have investigated the complex magnetic properties of Fe1−xMnxCy alloys by using an iterative combination of ab initio calculations and Monte Carlo simulations. The latter gives insight into finite temperature magnetism and allows to determine the critical temperature of magnetic phase transitions. We restrict the investigation to ordered systems with 25, 50 and 75% manganese and study the influence of carbon at octahedral interstitial sites on the magnetic properties. The combination of ab initio calculations with Monte Carlo simulations turns out to be a powerful tool to determine the complex magnetic structures, which originate from the competition of ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions in the FeMn alloys.
Key words: Solid State and Materials
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2012