Abstract
Electronic structure calculations were performed for ZnV 2O 4, a material close to a metal–insulator transition. Structural optimization leads to the formation of V–V dimers along the off-plane chains. A strong spin-lattice coupling is expected close to the transition to itinerancy. No orbital ordering is observed in such a structure, and the experimentally found magnetic structure is naturally explained.
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