| Download | - View final version: First-order melting of a weak spin-orbit Mott insulator into a correlated metal (PDF, 991 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.257203 |
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| Author | Search for: Hogan, Tom; Search for: Yamani, Z.1; Search for: Walkup, D.; Search for: Chen, Xiang; Search for: Dally, Rebecca; Search for: Ward, Thomas Z.; Search for: Dean, M. P. M.; Search for: Hill, John; Search for: Islam, Z.; Search for: Madhavan, Vidya; Search for: Wilson, Stephen D. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Magnetic susceptibility; Phase separation Antiferromagnetics; Electronic phase diagram; First-order melting; La substitutions; Mott insulators; Nano-scale phase separation; Spin susceptibility; Structural distortions |
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| Abstract | The electronic phase diagram of the weak spin-orbit Mott insulator (Sr₁−xLax)₃Ir₂O₇ is determined via an exhaustive experimental study. Upon doping electrons via La substitution, an immediate collapse in resistivity occurs along with a narrow regime of nanoscale phase separation comprised of antiferromagnetic, insulating regions and paramagnetic, metallic puddles persisting until x≈0.04. Continued electron doping results in an abrupt, first-order phase boundary where the Néel state is suppressed and a homogenous, correlated, metallic state appears with an enhanced spin susceptibility and local moments. As the metallic state is stabilized, a weak structural distortion develops and suggests a competing instability with the parent spin-orbit Mott state. |
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| Publication date | 2015-06-25 |
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| Publisher | American Physical Society |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23001058 |
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| Record identifier | 52705cc0-e17a-4735-a2b2-c0250cf7e564 |
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| Record created | 2016-12-06 |
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| Record modified | 2020-06-02 |
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