Disorder-induced magnetoelastic behaviors of MnTexSbyBi1-x-y alloys
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Valentino R. Cooper | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Parul R. Raghuvanshi | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Xun Li | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tom Berlijn | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ayana Ghosh | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Description
This dataset contains input and output files from density functional theory (DFT) simulations used to study the disorder-induced magnetoelastic behaviors of MnTexSbyBi1-x-y (0 ≤ x + y ≤ 1) alloys and their binary end members MnTe, MnSb, and MnBi. The alloys adopt the hexagonal NiAs-type (nickeline) structure and span ternary (MnTexSb1-x, MnTexBi1-x, MnBixSb1-x), and quaternary compositions across the full MnTe–MnSb–MnBi composition triangle.
For each alloy composition, the dataset provides DFT calculations in three magnetic configurations: A-type antiferromagnetic (AFM), C-type AFM, and ferromagnetic (FM). Every magnetic configuration folder contains the fully relaxed crystal structure (CONTCAR), VASP input parameters (INCAR), and the main VASP output file (OUTCAR), from which total electronic energies, Mn magnetic moments, lattice parameters, and percent volume changes between magnetic states are extracted. These data are used to construct compositional phase diagrams, evaluate thermodynamic stability (formability), and map magnetoelastic responses across the alloy space.
For A-type AFM and FM configurations, additional data are provided as follows:
(i) FORCE_CONSTANTS and thermal_properties.yaml files at the top level of A-type_AFM/ and FM/ folders — present only for compositions marked with an asterisk (*) in Table I of the main text. These are derived from Phonopy finite-displacement calculations on full disordered 128-atom supercells and provide vibrational free energy, entropy (Svib)contribution from explicit disorder calculations. (Table I of the associated main manuscript)
(ii) A VCA/ subfolder within A-type_AFM/ and FM/, containing FORCE_CONSTANTS and thermal_properties.yaml from Virtual Crystal Approximation phonon calculations (without spin-orbit coupling). VCA data are available for all compositions and are used to estimate vibrational contributions to the Gibbs free energy across the full composition space.
(iii) A SOC/ subfolder containing CONTCAR, INCAR, and OUTCAR from spin-orbit coupling calculations, providing relativistic corrections to electronic energies and lattice parameters (Tables S2–S3 of the SM, and Table I of the main manuscript).
(iv) A SOC/VCA/ subfolder containing FORCE_CONSTANTS and thermal_properties.yaml from VCA phonon calculations performed within the SOC framework, combining relativistic and vibrational thermodynamic corrections.
The computed properties are used to map the AFM–FM magnetic crossover near MnTe0.75Sb0.25, demonstrate disorder- and spin-induced phonon broadening, identify a semiconductor-to-metal crossover, and quantify the pronounced magnetoelastic volume response near the magnetic phase boundary.
Funding Information
DOE Contract Number
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231Originating Research Organization
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)Sponsoring Organization
Office of Science (SC)Related Works
- IsSupplementTo (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-026-02206-7
Details
Release Date
July 1, 2026Subject
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS, 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY, 36 MATERIALS SCIENCEKeywords
density functional theory, antiferromagnetism, alloy, electronic structureDataset
Dataset Type
ND Numeric DataSoftware
VASP (Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package), version 6.3.2 or later; Phonopy, version 2.21.2 or later; upho (phonon unfolding code); ATAT (Alloy Theoretic Automated Toolkit); VESTA (crystal structure visualization); Python (≥ 3.8) with numpy, matplotlib; Text editor or spreadsheet software (e.g., Excel, xmgrace) for OUTCAR parsingCite This Dataset:
Cooper, V., Raghuvanshi, P., Li, X., Berlijn, T., Ghosh, A., Parker, D., Lindsay, L. (2026). Disorder-induced magnetoelastic behaviors of MnTexSbyBi1-x-y alloys. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.13139/ORNLNCCS/3028489.
Acknowledgements
This work was carried out [in part] at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.