Structural Aspects of Magnetic Coupling in CaV4O9
Abstract
The strong corrugation of the V4O9 layer in the spin gap system CaV4O9 is examined for its impact on the exchange coupling constants between the spin 1/2 V ions. Local spin density (LSD) calculations show that the V spin occupies a d(x2-y2) orbital (x and y are the V-V directions). The Kanamori-Goodenough superexchange rules, and the degeneracy of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic alignments within LSD, suggest that 2nd neighbor couplings dominate over nearest neighbor, resulting in two coupled S=1/2 metaplaquette systems.
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