Abstract

Theoretical study on the geometric structures and magnetic properties of small (FeAl)n (n=1-4) clusters has been carried out at the BPW91 level. In all the (FeAl)n clusters, the iron atoms are brought together, yielding a maximum of Fe-Fe bonds, and the aluminum atoms are located around a Fe core with a maximum of Fe-Al bonds which is different the bulk ordered FeAl alloy dominated by the Fe-Al bonds. As opposed to the bulk FeAl with non-magnetic, the small nano-clusters are highly magnetic moment dominated by Fe-Fe clustering.

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