Role of local structural distortions on the origin of j=1/2 pseudo-spin state in sodium iridate

Priyanka Yadav, Sumit Sarkar, Manju Sharma +3

Na2IrO3 (NIO) is known to be a spin-orbit (SO) driven j=1/2 pseudo-spin Mott-Hubbard (M-H) insulator. However, the microscopic origin of the pseudo-spin state and the role of local…