Structural Transition of Li2RuO3 Induced by Molecular-Orbit Formation

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2009-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/0904.4018v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn

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A pseudo honeycomb system Li2RuO3 exhibits a second-order-like transition at temperature T=Tc=540 K to a low-T nonmagnetic phase with a significant lattice distortion forming Ru-Ru pairs. For this system, we have calculated the band structure, using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) in both the high- and low- T phases, and found that the results of the calculation can naturally explain the insulating behavior observed in the low-T phase. The detailed characters of the Ru 4d t2g bands obtained by the tight-binding fit to the calculated dispersion curves show clear evidence that the structural transition is driven by the formation of the Ru-Ru molecular-orbits, as proposed in our previous experimental studies.

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