Published May 23, 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

VO2: Peierls or Mott-Hubbard? A view from band theory

  • 1. Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800 (United States)

Description

The electronic and structural properties of VO2 across its metal-insulator transition are studied using the local-density approximation. Band theory finds a monoclinic distorted ground state in good agreement with experiment, and an almost open gap to charge excitations. Although rigid criteria for distinguishing correlated from band insulators are not available, these findings suggest that VO2 may be more bandlike than correlated

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 3389-3392.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO