Charge Order at the Frontier between the Molecular and Solid States in Ba3NaRu2O9
(2012) In Physical Review Letters 108(21).- Abstract
- We show that the valence electrons of Ba3NaRu2O9, which has a quasimolecular structure, completely crystallize below 210 K. Using an extended Hubbard model, we show that the charge ordering instability results from long-range Coulomb interactions. However, orbital ordering, metal-metal bonding, and formation of a partial spin gap enforce the magnitude of the charge separation. The striped charge order and frustrated hcp lattice of Ru2O9 dimers lead to competition with a quasidegenerate charge-melted phase under photoexcitation at low temperature. Our results establish a broad class of simple metal oxides as models for emergent phenomena at the border between the molecular and solid states.
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- Kimber, Simon A. J. ; Senn, Mark S. ; Fratini, Simone ; Wu, Hua ; Hill, Adrian H. ; Manuel, Pascal ; Attfield, J. Paul ; Argyriou, Dimitri LU and Henry, Paul LU
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- 2012
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- Physical Review Letters
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- 108
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- 21
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- American Physical Society
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- wos:000304405000011
- scopus:84861594715
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- 1079-7114
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- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.217205
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- English
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