Table 1. Optimized equilibrium lattice constants of LnNiO3 obtained using the GGA+U method and their total and atomic magnetic moments at their optimized equilibrium lattice constants.
| LnNiO3 | a (Å) | c (Å) | M total (μB) | M Ln (μB) | M Ni (μB) | M O (μB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaNiO3 | 5.499 | 13.078† | 6.236 | 0.008 | 1.326 | −0.093 /−0.103/−0.093 |
| 5.49 | 13.14‡ | |||||
| CeNiO3 | 5.538 | 13.127 | 6.250 | 0.008 | 1.344 | −0.098/−0.109/−0.098 |
| DyNiO3 | 5.435 | 12.648 | 6.263 | 0.016 | 1.308 | −0.094/−0.095/−0.094 |
| ErNiO3 | 5.410 | 12.612 | 6.263 | 0.017 | 1.300 | −0.089/−0.092/−0.091 |
| GdNiO3 | 5.439 | 13.068 | 6.298 | 0.015 | 1.358 | −0.105/−0.108/−0.110 |
| HoNiO3 | 5.411 | 12.378 | 6.323 | 0.017 | 1.373 | −0.110/−0.114/−0.112 |
| LuNiO3 | 5.499 | 13.078 | 6.341 | 0.017 | 1.395 | −0.117/−0.120/−0.119 |
| NdNiO3 | 5.511 | 12.868 | 6.244 | 0.010 | 1.328 | −0.096/−0.102/−0.099 |
| PmNiO3 | 5.449 | 13.058 | 6.262 | 0.011 | 1.341 | −0.103/−0.107/−0.099 |
| TbNiO3 | 5.447 | 12.671 | 6.261 | 0.015 | 1.311 | −0.092/−0.096/−0.094 |
From our work.
Experimental parameters (Sreedhar et al., 1992 ▸).