aDepartment of Materials Science, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
Abstract:
The electronic and magnetic structures of monoclinic LiMnO2 are investigated by first-principles calculations with spin-polarized generalized gradient approximation. It is found that the Mn3+ ion is in the high-spin state. The ground state is found to be an insulating state with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interaction, and it is this competition that results in the spin-glass behavior observed in monoclinic LiMnO2.