The electronic structure of CuSiO3 - a possible candidate for a new inorganic spin-Peierls compound ?

H. Rosner, S. -L. Drechsler, K. Koepernik +2

Electronic structure calculations are presented for the well-known CuGeO3 and the recently discovered isostructural CuSiO3 compounds. The magnitude of the dispersion in chain direc…