Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-07-24
Phys. Rev. B. 77, 075113 (2008).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
7 pages, 11 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075113
The electronic, magnetic and orbital structures of KCrF_3 are determined in all its recently identified crystallographic phases (cubic, tetragonal, and monoclinic) with a set of {\it ab initio} LSDA and LSDA+U calculations. The high-temperature undistorted cubic phase is metallic within the LSDA, but at the LSDA+U level it is a Mott insulator with a gap of 1.72 eV. The tetragonal and monoclinic phases of KCrF_3 exhibit cooperative Jahn-Teller distortions concomitant with staggered 3x^2-r^2/3y^2-r^2 orbital order. We find that the energy gain due to the Jahn-Teller distortion is 82/104 meV per chromium ion in the tetragonal/monoclinic phase, respectively. These phases show A-type magnetic ordering and have a bandgap of 2.48 eV. In this Mott insulating state KCrF_3 has a substantial conduction bandwidth of 2.1 eV, leading to the possibility for the kinetic energy of charge carriers in electron- or hole-doped derivatives of KCrF_3 to overcome the polaron localization at low temperatures, in analogy with the situation encountered in the colossal magnetoresistive manganites.
Giovannetti Gianluca
Margadonna Serena
van den Brink Jeroen
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