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The electronic structures of the metallic and insulating phases of the alloy series Ca2-xSrxRuO4 (0 ≤x ≤ 2) are calculated using LDA, LDA+U and Dynamical Mean-Field Approximation methods. In the end members the groundstate respectively is an orbitally non-degenerate antiferromagnetic insulator (x = 0) and a good metal (x = 2). For x > 0.5 the observed Curie-Weiss paramagnetic metallic state which possesses a local moment with the unexpected spin S = 1/2, is explained by the coexistence of localized and itinerant Ru-4d-orbitals. For 0.2 < x < 0.5 we propose a state with partial orbital and spin ordering. An effective model for the localized orbital and spin degrees of freedom is discussed. The metal-insulator transition at x = 0.2 is attributed to a switch in the orbital occupation associated with a structural change of the crystal.
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Received 27 July 2001
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Anisimov, V., Nekrasov, I., Kondakov, D. et al. Orbital-selective Mott-insulator transition in Ca 2 - x Sr x RuO 4 . Eur. Phys. J. B 25, 191–201 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e20020021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e20020021