Electronic Structure of Vacancy Ordered Spinels, $GaMo_{4}S_{8}$ and $GaV_{4}S_{8}$, from ab Initio Calculations

Shanthi, N and Sarma, DD (1999) Electronic Structure of Vacancy Ordered Spinels, $GaMo_{4}S_{8}$ and $GaV_{4}S_{8}$, from ab Initio Calculations. In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 148 (1). pp. 143-149.

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Abstract

We report ab initio calculations for the band dispersions and total as well as partial densities of states for vacancy ordered, clustered spinels, GaMo4S8 and GaV4S8. Results are presented for the high temperature cubic phase for both compounds. Additionally, we discuss results of similar calculations for GaMo4S8 in an idealized cubic structure, as well as the nonmagnetic and the ferromagnetic states of the low temperature rhombohedral structure. Comparison of these results allows us to discuss the unusual aspects of the electronic structure of this interesting class of compounds, and provide estimates of the crystal-field and exchange splitting strengths.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Electronic band structure;Vacancy ordered spinel;Linearized muffin-tin orbital method.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2009 05:39
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:27
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/19242

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