Suppression of magnetism in Ba5AlIr2O11: interplay of Hund's coupling, molecular orbitals and spin-orbit interaction

Abstract

The electronic and magnetic properties of Ba${}_5$AlIr${}_2$O${}_{11}$ containing Ir-Ir dimers are investigated using the GGA and GGA+SOC calculations. We found that strong suppression of the magnetic moment in this compound recently found in [J. Terzic {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 91}, 235147 (2015)] is not due to charge-ordering, but is related to the joint effect of the spin-orbit interaction and strong covalency, resulting in the formation of metal-metal bonds. They conspire and act against the intra-atomic Hund's rule exchange interaction to reduce total magnetic moment of the dimer. We argue that the same mechanism could be relevant for other $4d$ and $5d$ dimerized transition metal compounds.

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