(formula presented) chains and spin-Peierls transition in TiOCl

  • Gerbrand Ceder
  • , Patrick A. Lee
  • , Chris A. Marianetti
  • , Alexander Seidel
  • , F. C. Chou

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Abstract

We study TiOCl as an example of an (formula presented) layered Mott insulator. From our analysis of susceptibility data, combined with local-density-approximation (LDA) and (formula presented) band-structure calculations, we conclude that orbital ordering produces quasi-one-dimensional spin chains and that TiOCl is an example of Heisenberg chains that undergo a spin-Peierls transition. The energy scale is an order of magnitude larger than that of previously known examples. The effects of nonmagnetic Sc impurities are explained using a model of broken finite chains.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume67
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

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