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Electronic structure and magnetic properties of monoclinic β-Cu2V2O7: A GGA+U study
| Title: | Electronic structure and magnetic properties of monoclinic β-Cu2V2O7: A GGA+U study |
| Authors: | Yashima, Masatomo Browse this author | | Suzuki, Ryosuke O. Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Issue Date: | 15-Mar-2009 |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| Journal Title: | Physical Review B |
| Volume: | 79 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Start Page: | 125201 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.125201 |
| Abstract: | A first-principles study on monoclinic C2/c copper pyrovanadate β-Cu2V2O7 has been performed using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and GGA+U method. The optimized unit-cell parameters and atomic coordinates of β-Cu2V2O7 agree well with experimental data. The optimized crystal structure of β-Cu2V2O7 indicates the existence of one-dimensional -Cu-Cu-Cu-Cu- chains. The electronic structure and magnetic properties were evaluated by the GGA+U calculations, which indicate that the β-Cu2V2O7 is a semiconducting antiferromagnetic material with an indirect band gap and local magnetic moment per Cu atom of 0.73μB. The intrachain exchanges for short and long Cu-Cu couples are estimated to be 6.4 and 4.1 meV, respectively, while the calculated interchain exchange (2.1 meV) is smaller, which indicate the one-dimensional character. The top of the valence band is composed of V 3d, O 2p, and Cu 3d electrons while the bottom of the conduction band is primarily composed of Cu 3d electrons. Valence electron-density distribution map indicates the V-O and Cu-O covalent bonds. Calculated partial electronic density of states strongly suggests that the V-O and Cu-O covalent bonds are mainly attributed to the overlaps of V 3d and O 2p atomic orbitals and of Cu 3d and O 2p, respectively. |
| Rights: | © 2009 The American Physical Society |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/50031 |
| Appears in Collections: | 工学院・工学研究院 (Graduate School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 鈴木 亮輔
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