| Autor: |
Gunasekera J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA., Chen Y, Kremenak JW, Miceli PF, Singh DK |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal [J Phys Condens Matter] 2015 Feb 11; Vol. 27 (5), pp. 052201. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jan 21. |
| DOI: |
10.1088/0953-8984/27/5/052201 |
| Abstrakt: |
We report on the study of insulator-to-metal transition in post-perovskite compound CaIrO3. It is discovered that a gradual chemical substitution of calcium by yttrium leads to the onset of strong metallic behavior in this compound. This observation is in stark contrast to BaIrO3, which preserves its Mott insulating behavior despite excess of the charge carriers due to yttrium doping. Magnetic measurements reveal that both compounds tend to exhibit magnetic character irrespective of the chemical substitution of Ca or Ba. We analyze these unusual observations in light of recent researches that suggest that CaIrO3 does not necessarily possess j = 1/2 ground state due to structural distortion. The insulator-to-metal transition in CaIrO3 will spur new researches to explore more exotic ground state, including superconductivity, in post-perovskite Mott insulators. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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