Impact of Antiphase Boundaries on Structural, Magnetic and Vibrational Properties of Fe3Al

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Authors

FRIÁK Martin ČERNÝ Miroslav VŠIANSKÁ Monika ŠOB Mojmír

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Materials
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13214884
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13214884
Keywords Fe-Al; antiphase boundaries; magnetism; ab initio; stability; phonons
Description We performed a quantum-mechanical study of the effect of antiphase boundaries (APBs) on structural, magnetic and vibrational properties of Fe3Al compound. The studied APBs have the {001} crystallographic orientation of their sharp interfaces and they are characterized by a 1/2 < 111 > shift of atomic planes. There are two types of APB interfaces formed by either two adjacent planes of Fe atoms or by two adjacent planes containing both Fe and Al atoms. The averaged APB interface energy is found to be 80 mJ/m(2) and we estimate the APB interface energy of each of the two types of interfaces to be within the range of 40-120 mJ/m(2). The studied APBs affect local magnetic moments of Fe atoms near the defects, increasing magnetic moments of FeII atoms by as much as 11.8% and reducing those of FeI atoms by up to 4%. When comparing phonons in the Fe3Al with and without APBs within the harmonic approximation, we find a very strong influence of APBs. In particular, we have found a significant reduction of gap in frequencies that separates phonon modes below 7.9 THz and above 9.2 THz in the defect-free Fe3Al. All the APBs-induced changes result in a higher free energy, lower entropy and partly also a lower harmonic phonon energy in Fe3Al with APBs when compared with those in the defect-free bulk Fe3Al.
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