Description
This dataset contains DFT input and output files supporting the theoretical modeling in the associated publication (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2026, 18, 15654-15664). The calculations model the interfacial energetics of two MnTe polymorphs — NiAs-MnTe (hexagonal, alpha phase) and ZnS-MnTe (cubic, gamma phase) — on InP(111) substrates with two surface terminations: In-terminated InP(111)A and P-terminated InP(111)B. This gives four interface configurations: NiAs on In-terminated (experimentally observed), NiAs on P-terminated (computed for comparison), ZnS on In-terminated (computed for comparison), and ZnS on P-terminated (experimentally observed).
The dataset is organized into four calculation types, each covering all four polymorph/termination combinations:
(i) Slabs: Pristine MnTe/InP heterostructure slabs used to compute total
energies and interface energy densities (Eint) for all four configurations,
as reported in Fig. 6 of the main text.
(ii) Disorder: Same slab geometries with a P_Te + Te_P antisite defect pair
introduced near the interface, used to assess chemical intermixing effects
on interface stability (Fig. S8, SI).
(iii) Strain: Pristine slab calculations with in-plane lattice parameters
strained by -1% and +1% relative to the InP lattice constant, used to
evaluate strain-dependent interface energetics (Fig. S9, SI).
(iv) Charge_Density: Single-point calculations on the full heterostructure,
the isolated InP slab, and the isolated MnTe slab at fixed geometry,
used to compute differential charge density plots showing interfacial
charge accumulation and depletion as a function of surface termination
(Fig. S10, SI).
Each calculation folder contains INCAR, KPOINTS, POSCAR, CONTCAR, OUTCAR, and POTCAR_info.txt (PAW potential information, excluding the full POTCAR due to VASP licensing restrictions). The calculations were performed using VASP 6.4.3 with PBE exchange-correlation, PAW potentials, a Hubbard correction of Ueff = 5 eV on Mn d-states, and A-type AFM spin initialization.
The dataset is organized into four calculation types, each covering all four polymorph/termination combinations:
(i) Slabs: Pristine MnTe/InP heterostructure slabs used to compute total
energies and interface energy densities (Eint) for all four configurations,
as reported in Fig. 6 of the main text.
(ii) Disorder: Same slab geometries with a P_Te + Te_P antisite defect pair
introduced near the interface, used to assess chemical intermixing effects
on interface stability (Fig. S8, SI).
(iii) Strain: Pristine slab calculations with in-plane lattice parameters
strained by -1% and +1% relative to the InP lattice constant, used to
evaluate strain-dependent interface energetics (Fig. S9, SI).
(iv) Charge_Density: Single-point calculations on the full heterostructure,
the isolated InP slab, and the isolated MnTe slab at fixed geometry,
used to compute differential charge density plots showing interfacial
charge accumulation and depletion as a function of surface termination
(Fig. S10, SI).
Each calculation folder contains INCAR, KPOINTS, POSCAR, CONTCAR, OUTCAR, and POTCAR_info.txt (PAW potential information, excluding the full POTCAR due to VASP licensing restrictions). The calculations were performed using VASP 6.4.3 with PBE exchange-correlation, PAW potentials, a Hubbard correction of Ueff = 5 eV on Mn d-states, and A-type AFM spin initialization.
| Date made available | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States) |
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