Electronic and magnetic properties of quasi-one-dimensional osmium halide OsCl4
- 10 January 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 120 (2), 023101
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0079570
Abstract
Using ab initio density functional theory, we study the electronic and magnetic properties of the van der Waals chain material OsCl4. In the nonmagnetic state, a strongly anisotropic band structure was observed, in agreement with its anticipated one-dimensional crystal geometry. Based on Wannier functions, we found that the four electrons of the 5d Os atom form a low-spin S = 1 state, with a large crystal field between the and dxy orbitals, corresponding to a strong Jahn–Teller distortion ( ). As a consequence, the magnetic properties are mainly contributed by the states. Furthermore, when a Mott gap develops after the introduction of the Hubbard U and Hund coupling J, we found that the staggered spin order is the most likely magnetic state, namely, spins arranged as (↑-↓-↑-↓) with π wavevector along the chain. In addition, the energy differences between various spin states are small, suggesting a weak magnetic exchange coupling along the chain. Our results provide guidance to experimentalists and theorists working on quasi-one-dimensional osmium halides chain materials.
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Energy
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