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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 81, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205113
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- DOE [DE-FG02-96ER45571]
- NSF
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The interactions between charge and orbitally ordered d electrons are important in many transition-metal oxides. We propose an effective energy model for such interactions, parameterized with density-functional theory plus U calculations, so that energy contributions of both electronic and lattice origin can be simultaneously accounted for. The model is applied to the low-temperature phase of magnetite, for which we propose a ground-state structure. The effective interactions on the B lattice of Fe3O4 can be interpreted in terms of electrostatics and short-range Kugel-Khomskii exchange coupling. The frustration between optimal charge and orbital orderings leads to a complex energy landscape whereby the supercell for the charge ordering, orbital ordering, and ionic displacements can all be different.
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