Spontaneous formation of vanadium 'molecules' in a geometrically frustrated crystal: AlV2O4

Autor: Y, Horibe, M, Shingu, K, Kurushima, H, Ishibashi, N, Ikeda, K, Kato, Y, Motome, N, Furukawa, S, Mori, T, Katsufuji
Rok vydání: 2005
Zdroj: Physical review letters. 96(8)
ISSN: 0031-9007
Popis: We investigated the charge-ordered (CO) state in spinel AlV2O4 by electron diffraction, synchrotron x-ray diffraction, and magnetic measurements. It was found that the CO structure appearing below 700 K is characterized by the formation of V clusters (heptamers), each of which is consisting of 7 vanadium atoms and is in a spin-singlet state as a total. Theoretical consideration indicates that this unique molecularlike V heptamer is stabilized by a strong bonding of vanadium t(2g) orbitals.
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