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磁铁矿Verwey转变的起源:群论、电子结构和晶格动力学研究

Origin of the Verwey transition in magnetite: Group theory, electronic structure, and lattice dynamics study

Przemyslaw Piekarz, Krzysztof Parlinski, Andrzej M. Oles

摘要:

本文用群论方法分析了磁铁矿的Verwey相变。发现具有对称性的两个序参量$X_3$和$Δ_5$诱导了高温立方相到低温单斜相的结构转变。序参量之间的耦合用朗道自由能泛函描述。采用{ \it ab initio}密度泛函方法对立方相和单斜相的电子结构和晶体结构进行了优化。电子结构的计算是在广义梯度近似下进行的,包括铁离子上的3d电子之间的原位相互作用-库仑单元$U$和Hund交换$J$。只有当这些局部相互作用被考虑在内,声子色散曲线,通过直接方法获得的立方相,再现实验数据。结果表明,局域电子相互作用和耦合到晶格的相互作用驱动的声子序参量,并负责在费米能隙的开放。因此,我们发现局域电子相互作用促进了磁铁矿中的金属-绝缘体转变,显著地增强了电子-声子相互作用,稳定了与Fe离子占据态$t_{2g}$轨道序共存的弱电荷序.这提供了一个方案,以了解磁铁矿的Verwey转变的起源的基本问题。

英文摘要:

The Verwey phase transition in magnetite has been analyzed using the group theory methods. It is found that two order parameters with the symmetries $X_3$ and $Δ_5$ induce the structural transformation from the high-temperature cubic to the low-temperature monoclinic phase. The coupling between the order parameters is described by the Landau free energy functional. The electronic and crystal structure for the cubic and monoclinic phases were optimized using the {\it ab initio} density functional method. The electronic structure calculations were performed within the generalized gradient approximation including the on-site interactions between 3d electrons at iron ions -- the Coulomb element $U$ and Hund's exchange $J$. Only when these local interactions are taken into account, the phonon dispersion curves, obtained by the direct method for the cubic phase, reproduce the experimental data. It is shown that the interplay of local electron interations and the coupling to the lattice drives the phonon order parameters and is responsible for the opening of the gap at the Fermi energy. Thus, it is found that the metal-insulator transition in magnetite is promoted by local electron interactions, which significantly amplify the electron-phonon interaction and stabilize weak charge order coexisting with orbital order of the occupied $t_{2g}$ states at Fe ions. This provides a scenario to understand the fundamental problem of the origin of the Verwey transition in magnetite.

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