Published April 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Bandstructure study of magnetic and orbital order in BaCoO3

  • 1. Dpto. Fisica Aplicada, Fac. Fisica, Universidade Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Institute for Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/165, A-1060 Vienna (Austria) and Instituto de Investigacions Tecnoloxicas, Universidade Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • 2. Institute for Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/165, A-1060 Vienna (Austria)
  • 3. Instituto de Investigacions Tecnoloxicas, Universidade Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • 4. Dpto. Fisica Aplicada, Fac. Fisica, Universidade Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Description

Ab initio calculations were performed in the quasi-one-dimensional BaCoO3 using the FP-APW+lo method as implemented in the WIEN2k package utilizing the LDA+U approach. Several magnetic configurations were studied, exploring different intra- and inter-chain couplings. The most stable configuration is the ferromagnetic low-spin state. The electronic structure of the Co4+ ion (t2g5) has an orbital degree of freedom. When an 'alternating-orbital' ordering is allowed along the Co chains, the energy of the system is drastically reduced, whereas the magnetic order is a secondary effect. This orbital ordered state reproduces the experimentally found semiconducting behaviour, which is analysed studying the bandstructure of the material

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.258;
PII
S0304-8853(04)01487-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
290-291
Journal Page Range
p. 349-352
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
Joint European magnetic symposia
Acronym
JEMS '04
Dates
5-10 Sep 2004
Place
Dresden (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37026968
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COBALT IONS; CONFIGURATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLES; IONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; VARIATIONAL METHODS

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