Electronic structure of new quaternary superconductors LaONiBi and LaOCuBi from first principles
arXiv:0805.4670 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.104519
Abstract
Based on first-principles FLAPW-GGA calculations, we have investigated the electronic structure of newly synthesized novel superconductors LaONiBi and LaOCuBi, the first bismuth-containing compounds from the family of quaternary oxypnictides which attract now a great deal of interest in search for novel 26-55K superconductors. The band structure, density of states and Fermi surfaces are discussed. Our results indicate that the bonding inside of the (La-O) and (Ni(Cu)-Bi) layers is covalent whereas the bonding between the (La-O) and (Ni(Cu)- Bi) blocks is mostly ionic. For both oxybismuthides, the DOSs at the Fermi level are formed mainly by the states of the (Ni(Cu)-Bi) layers, the corresponding Fermi surfaces have a twodimensional character and the conduction should be strongly anisotropic andhappen only on the (Ni(Cu)-Bi) layers. As a whole, the new oxybismuthides may be described as low-TC superconducting non-magnetic ionic metals.
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