On the nature of the spin frustration in the CuO2 ribbon chains of LiCuVO4: Crystal structure determination at 1.6 K, magnetic susceptibility analysis and density functional evaluation of the spin exchange constants

Hyun-Joo Koo, Changhoon Lee, Myung-Hwan Whangbo +2

The spin-1/2 Cu2+ ions of LiCuVO4 form one-dimensional chains along the b-direction, and the spin frustration in LiCuVO4 is described in terms of the nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic…