Nature of magnetism in Ca 3Co 2O 6
We find using local spin density approximation+Hubbard U band structure calculations that the novel one-dimensional cobaltate Ca3Co2O6 is not a ferromagnetic half-metal but a Mott insulator. Both the octahedral and the trigonal Co ions are formally trivalent, with the octahedral being in the low-spi...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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27 October 2005
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Physical review letters
Year: 2005, Volume: 95, Issue: 18, Pages: 186401 |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.186401 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.186401 Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.186401 
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| Author Notes: | Hua Wu, M.W. Haverkort, Z. Hu, D.I. Khomskii, and L.H. Tjeng |
| Summary: | We find using local spin density approximation+Hubbard U band structure calculations that the novel one-dimensional cobaltate Ca3Co2O6 is not a ferromagnetic half-metal but a Mott insulator. Both the octahedral and the trigonal Co ions are formally trivalent, with the octahedral being in the low-spin and the trigonal in the high-spin state. The inclusion of the spin-orbit coupling leads to the occupation of the minority-spin d2 orbital for the unusually coordinated trigonal Co, producing a giant orbital moment (1.57μB). It also results in an anomalously large magnetocrystalline anisotropy (of order 70 meV), elucidating why the magnetism is highly Ising-like. The role of the oxygen holes, carrying an induced magnetic moment of 0.13μB per oxygen, for the exchange interactions is discussed. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.186401 |