Structural effects on the spin-state transition in epitaxially strained LaCoO$_3$ films

Details Structural effects on the spin-state transition in epitaxially strained LaCoO$_3$ films Structural effects on the spin-state transition in epitaxially strained LaCoO$_3$ films

2008-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2075v2

Phys. Rev. B. 79, 054409 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

RevTeX: 8 pages, 5 figures, expanded discussion and added Figure 5

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054409

Using density functional theory within the LSDA + U method, we investigate the effect of strain on the spin state and magnetic ordering in perovskite lanthanum cobaltite, LaCoO3. We show that, while strain-induced changes in lattice parameters are insufficient to stabilize a non-zero spin state, additional heteroepitaxial symmetry constraints -- in particular the suppression of octahedral rotations -- stabilize a ferromagnetic intermediate-spin state. By comparing with experimental data for the bulk material, we calculate an upper bound on the Hubbard U value, and describe the role that the on-site Coulomb interaction plays in determining the spin-state configuration.

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