Antiferromagnetic, charge and orbital ordered states of image based on the two-dimensional triangular lattice d–p model Original Research Article

We investigate the electronic state of a CoO2 plane in the layered cobalt oxides NaxCoO2NaxCoO2 using the 11 band d –p model on a two-dimensional triangular lattice, where the tight-binding parameters are determined so as to fit the LDA band structure. Effects of the Coulomb interaction at a Co site: the intra- and inter-orbital direct terms U and U′U′, the exchange coupling J and the pair-transfer J′J′, are treated within the Hartree–Fock approximation. We also consider the effect of the Na order at x=0.5x=0.5, where Na ions form one-dimensional chains, by taking into account of an effective one-dimensional potential ΔεdΔεd. It is found that the one-dimensional Na order enhances the Fermi surface nesting and antiferromagnetism is caused which is suppressed due to the frustration effect in the case without the Na order. Furthermore, we consider the effect of the Coulomb interaction between the nearest-neighbor Co sites V and find that a coexistence of the magnetic, charge and orbital ordered states takes place for V>VcV>Vc where the system becomes insulator.