First-Principles Study of Magnetism, Electronic Structure, and Bonding in Nb-Mn-Ge Kagome Compounds
Abstract
In this work, we systematically investigate the magnetic ground states, electronic structures, and bonding characteristics of the computationally predicted stable NbMn6Ge6, NbMn6Ge5, and NbMn6Ge4 using first-principles calculations. Our results show that structurally stable NbMn6Ge6 has a collinear antiferromagnetic configuration, while the metastable rhombohedral NbMn6Ge5 and NbMn6Ge4 favor ferromagnetic ground states. Magnetic moments on Mn atoms are nearly localized, suggesting the applicability of a generalized spin Hamiltonian. Magnetic anisotropy in AFM NbMn6Ge6 and FM NbMn6Ge5 has uniaxial behavior, while FM NbMn6Ge4 has in-plane anisotropy. Charge density difference and electron localization function analyses further show charge redistribution and bonding features within the Mn-Ge Kagome network and between adjacent structural layers. Electronic structures near the Fermi level show no features suitable for topological magnetism studies. Experimental synthesis, structural characterization, and magnetic measurements are required to verify our predictions.
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BibTeX
@misc{tee2026firstprinciples,
title = {{First-Principles Study of Magnetism, Electronic Structure, and Bonding in Nb-Mn-Ge Kagome Compounds}},
author = {Wei-Shen Tee and Shiya Chen and Weiyi Xia and Peter Minch and Cai-Zhuang Wang and Vladimir Antropov},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.06362},
eprint = {2609.06362},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.06362},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - First-Principles Study of Magnetism, Electronic Structure, and Bonding in Nb-Mn-Ge Kagome Compounds
AU - Wei-Shen Tee
AU - Shiya Chen
AU - Weiyi Xia
AU - Peter Minch
AU - Cai-Zhuang Wang
AU - Vladimir Antropov
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/06
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.06362
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.06362
AB - In this work, we systematically investigate the magnetic ground states, electronic structures, and bonding characteristics of the computationally predicted stable NbMn6Ge6, NbMn6Ge5, and NbMn6Ge4 using first-principles calculations. Our results show that structurally stable NbMn6Ge6 has a collinear antiferromagnetic configuration, while the metastable rhombohedral NbMn6Ge5 and NbMn6Ge4 favor ferromagnetic ground states. Magnetic moments on Mn atoms are nearly localized, suggesting the applicability of a generalized spin Hamiltonian. Magnetic anisotropy in AFM NbMn6Ge6 and FM NbMn6Ge5 has uniaxial behavior, while FM NbMn6Ge4 has in-plane anisotropy. Charge density difference and electron localization function analyses further show charge redistribution and bonding features within the Mn-Ge Kagome network and between adjacent structural layers. Electronic structures near the Fermi level show no features suitable for topological magnetism studies. Experimental synthesis, structural characterization, and magnetic measurements are required to verify our predictions.
ER -