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Fragment Model Study of Molecular Multiorbital System X[Pd(dmit)2]2

Hitoshi Seo, Takao Tsumuraya, Masahisa Tsuchiizu, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, and Reizo Kato, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 84, 044716 (2015).

 The electronic properties of quasi-two-dimensional molecular conductors X[Pd(dmit)2]2 are studied theoretically. We construct an effective model based on the fragment molecular orbital scheme developed recently, which can describe the multiorbital degree of freedom in this system. The tight-binding parameters for a series of β′-type compounds with different cations X are evaluated by fitting to first-principles band calculations. We find that the transfer integrals within the dimers of Pd(dmit)2 molecules, along the intramolecular and intermolecular bonds including the diagonal ones, are of the same order, leading to hybridization between different molecular orbitals. This results in charge disproportionation within each molecule, as shown in our previous ab initio study [Tsumuraya et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82, 033709 (2013)], and also leads to a revised picture of the effective dimer model. Furthermore, we discuss broken-symmetry insulating states triggered by interaction effects, which show characteristic features owing to the multiorbital nature. The on-site Coulomb interaction induces antiferromagnetic states with an intramolecular antiparallel spin pattern, while electron–lattice couplings stabilize nonmagnetic charge–lattice-ordered states where two types of dimer with different charge occupations are arranged periodically. These states showing different spatial patterns compete with each other as well as with the paramagnetic metallic state.