title: Electronic, magnetic and transport properties of rare-earth monopnictides.
abstract: The electronic structures and magnetic properties of many rare-earth monopnictides are reviewed in this article. Possible candidate materials for spintronics devices from the rare-earth monopnictide family, i.e. high polarization (nominally half-metallic) ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, are identified. We attempt to provide a unified picture of the electronic properties of these strongly correlated systems. The relative merits of several ab initio theoretical methods, useful in the study of the rare-earth monopnictides, are discussed. We present our current understanding of the possible half-metallicity, semiconductor-metal transitions, and magnetic orderings in the rare-earth monopnictides. Finally, we propose some potential strategies to improve the magnetic and electronic properties of these candidate materials for spintronics devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA. Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
authors.forename: Chun-Gang
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sabirianov
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dowben
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jaswal
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Tsymbal