Layered palladates and their relation to nickelates and cuprates

A. S. Botana, M. R. Norman

We explore the layered palladium oxides La${}_2$PdO${}_4$, LaPdO${}_2$ and La${}_4$Pd${}_3$O${}_8$ via ab initio calculations. La${}_2$PdO${}_4$, being low spin $d^8$, is quite different from its…