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Calculation of spin-orbit coupling within the LFDFT: Applications to [NiX₄]²⁻ (X=F⁻, Cl⁻, Br⁻, I⁻)

  • Atanasov, Mihail Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Rauzy, Cédrick Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Baettig, Pio Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Daul, Claude Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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    06.12.2004
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  • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. - 2005, vol. 102, p. 119-131
Spin-orbit coupling
Density functional theory
Ligand field theory
Jahn–Teller effect
Zero field splitting
English Spin-orbit coupling has been introduced into our newly developed ligand field density functional theory (LFDFT), using the zero-order regular approximation as implemented into the Amsterdam density functional (ADF) code. Application of the formalism to a series of NiX₄²⁻ (X=F⁻, Cl⁻, Br⁻, I⁻) compounds shows the increasing importance of intra-ligand spin-orbit coupling across the F, Cl, Br, I series, to lead to sign reversal (in the case of Br- and I-) of the spin-orbit splitting within the t2-orbitals manifold of Ni²⁺. Symmetry lowering from Td to D2d, due to the Jahn-Teller coupling for the e⁴t²₂ configuration of NiX²⁻₄, is used to manifest further the effect of bonding changes on the sign and magnitude of the spin-orbit constant. Ligand field and spin-orbit coupling matrices are found to be correlated, with the higher erxtent of antibonding being accompanied by lower values of the spin-orbit coupling constant. In cases of little or no symmetry, this leads to situations in which ligand field and spin-orbit coupling cannot be neatly separated in the mathematical description. Using these results, the electronic energy levels of this series of compounds are predicted to be in good agreement with available spectral and magnetic data from literature.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Département de Chimie
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Chemistry
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