Structural phase transitions in VSe2: energetics, electronic structure and magnetism

Abstract

First principles calculations of magnetic and electronic properties of VSe2 describing the transition between two structural phases(H,T) were performed. Results of the calculations evidence rather low energy barrier ( 0.60 eV for monolayer) for transition betweenthe phases. The energy required for the deviation of Se atom or whole layer of selenium atoms on a small angle up to 10 degrees from initial positions is also rather low, 0.32 and 0.19 eV/Se, respectively. The changes in band structure of VSe2 caused by these motions of Se atoms should be taken into account for analysis of the experimental data. Simulations of the strain effects suggest that the experimentally observed T phase of VSe2 monolayer is the ground state due a substrate-induced strain. Calculations of the difference in total energies of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic configurations evidence that the ferromagnetic configuration is the ground state of the system for all stable and intermediate atomic structures. Calculated phonon dispersions suggest visible influence of magnetic configurations on vibrational properties.

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