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Investigating the cause of crossover from charge/spin-stripe insulator to correlated metallic phase in layered T′ nickelates R4Ni3O8 (R=La,Pr,orNd)
Physical Review B ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 , DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.110.094412
Dibyata Rout 1 , Sanchayeta Ranajit Mudi 1 , Suman Karmakar 2 , Rajeev Rawat 2 , Surjeet Singh 1
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The infinite layered (T) nickelates have recently garnered significant attention due to the discovery of superconductivity in hole-doped RNiO2 (R=La,Pr,orNd), which is the n= member of the series Rn+1NinO2n+2. Here, we investigate the n=3 member, namely R4Ni3O8 (R=La,Pr,orNd), of this family. The compound La4Ni3O8 exhibits simultaneous charge/spin-stripe ordering at TN* = 105 K, which occurs concomitantly with the onset of the metal-to-insulator (MIT) transition below TN*. We investigate the conspicuous absence of this transition in the Pr and Nd analogs of La4Ni3O8. For this purpose, we synthesized solid solutions of the form (La,Pr)4Ni3O8 and (La,Nd)4Ni3O8, and examined the behavior of TN* as a function of the average R-site ionic radius (rR¯). We show that after an initial quasilinear decrease with decreasing rR¯, TN* suddenly vanishes in the narrow range 1.134rR¯1.143Å. In the same range, we observed the emergence of a weak anomaly in the specific heat, whose onset temperature (T*) increases as rR¯ further decreases reaching a maximum of 13 K for Nd4Ni3O8. We suggest, therefore, that the sudden vanishing of charge/spin-stripe/MIT ordering upon decreasing rR¯ is related to the appearance of this new electronic phase for rR¯<rc. The nature of this phase or the weak anomaly and the point rR¯rc, where TN* vanishes and T* appears, should be investigated further. In this regard, Pr4Ni3O8 and Pr-rich samples should be useful due to the weak magnetization response associated with the Pr sublattice, as shown here.

中文翻译:


研究层状 T' 镍酸盐 R4Ni3O8 (R=La,Pr,orNd) 中从电荷/自旋条纹绝缘体到相关金属相的交叉原因



无限分层( T )由于空穴掺杂超导性的发现,镍酸盐最近引起了极大的关注 RNiO2 ( R=La,Pr,orNd ),这是 n= 系列成员 Rn+1NinO2n+2 。在这里,我们调查 n=3 成员,即 R4Ni3O8 ( R=La,Pr,orNd ),这个家庭的。该化合物 La4Ni3O8 表现出同时充电/旋转条纹排序 TN* = 105 K,与下面的金属到绝缘体 (MIT) 转变同时发生 TN* 。我们研究了 Pr 和 Nd 类似物中明显缺乏这种转变。 La4Ni3O8 。为此,我们合成了以下形式的固溶体 (La,Pr)4Ni3O8(La,Nd)4Ni3O8 ,并检查了行为 TN* 作为平均值的函数 R 位点离子半径( rR¯ )。我们表明,在初始拟线性下降之后 rR¯, TN* 突然消失在狭窄的范围内 1.134rR¯1.143Å 。在同一范围内,我们观察到比热出现了微弱异常,其起始温度为( T* ) 增加为 rR¯ 进一步降低达到最大值 13 K Nd4Ni3O8 。因此,我们建议,电荷/自旋条纹/MIT 排序在减少时突然消失 rR¯ 与这种新电子相的出现有关 rR¯<rc 。此阶段或弱异常的性质和点 rR¯rc , 在哪里 TN* 消失并且 T* 看来,应该进一步调查。对此, Pr4Ni3O8 由于与 Pr 亚晶格相关的弱磁化响应,富含 Pr 的样品应该很有用,如此处所示。
更新日期:2024-09-12
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