D. I. Khomskii

TL;DR: The electronic structure of the perovskite LaCoO3 for different spin states of Co ions was calculated in the local-density approximation LDA+U approach and shows that Co 3d states of t(2g) symmetry form narrow bands which could easily localize, while e(g) orbitals, due to their strong hybridization with the oxygen 2p states, form a broad sigma* band.

TL;DR: These results strongly suggest that, in going from the metallic to the insulating state, the orbital occupation changes in a manner that charge fluctuations and effective bandwidths are reduced, that the system becomes more one dimensional and more susceptible to a Peierls-like transition.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported field-induced switchable polar order in rare-earth orthochromites, showing that the polar order occurs in weakly ferromagnetic (FeO)-orthochromite orthochrome, but only when the rare earth ion is magnetic.

TL;DR: This work interprets an excitation in LaCoO3 as originating from a transition between thermally excited states located about 120 K above the ground state, and discusses the nature of the magnetic excited state in terms of intermediate-spin versus high-spin states.

TL;DR: Thermoelectric power measurements have been performed for an ordered oxygen-deficient perovskite, HoBaCo2O5.5, in which the alternative layers of CoO6 octahedra and of [CoO(5)](2) bipyramids are occupied by Co3+ species.