Density matrix approach to the orbital ordering in the spinel vanadates: a case study

Sohan Lal () and Sudhir Pandey

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2014, vol. 87, issue 9, 1-9

Abstract: In this work we apply the density matrices approach to orbital ordering (OO) in order to study the OO of the spinel vanadates AV 2 O 4 (A ≡ Zn, Cd and Mg), which is normally believed to be responsible for the structural transition from cubic to tetragonal phase observed in these compounds. The density matrices of vanadium atoms are obtained by using state-of-the-art full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method based GGA + U calculations. In the absence of spin-orbit coupling, the present study shows the existence of anti-ferro OO in the global (local octahedral) coordinate system where d xz and d yz (d xz + d yz and d xz −d yz ) orbitals are mainly occupied at the neighboring V sites for all the compounds. Copyright EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Solid State and Materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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