Bad metal properties have motivated a description of the parent iron pnictides as correlated metals on the verge of Mott localization. What has been unclear is whether interactions can push these and related compounds to the Mott insulating side of the phase diagram. Here we consider the iron oxychalcogenides La2O2Fe2O(Se,S)2, which contain an Fe square lattice with an expanded unit cell. We show theoretically that they contain enhanced correlation effects through band narrowing compared to LaOFeAs, and we provide experimental evidence that they are Mott insulators with moderate charge gaps. We also discuss the magnetic properties in terms of a Heisenberg model with frustrating J1-J2-J2' exchange interactions on a "doubled" checkerboard lattice.
Mott-Kondo Insulator Behavior in the Iron Oxychalcogenides
我们对铁氧硫族化合物(FeO $\emph{Ch}$)系列La $_{2}$ O $_{2}$ Fe $_{2}$ O \emph{M} $_{2}$(\emph{M} =S,Se)进行了实验和理论研究,这是铁基材料中最新的具有非常规高温$_{c}$超导性(HTSC)的材料。结合X射线吸收(XAS)和共振非弹性X射线散射(RIXS)谱中的非相干Hubbard特征以及电阻率数据,揭示了母体FeO $\emph{Ch}$是相关驱动的绝缘体。为了揭示这些发现的微观基础,我们进行局域密度近似加动力学平均场论(LDA+DMFT)计算,解开莫特近藤绝缘状态。基于理论和一系列数据之间的良好一致性,我们提出,FeO $\emph{Ch}$可能构成一个新的,理想的试验场,探索HTSC所产生的一种奇怪的金属接近一种新的选择性莫特量子临界。
Nematic Fluctuations in Iron-Oxychalcogenide Mott Insulators
向列波动发生在从液晶到生物分子到固体的广泛的物理系统中,例如外来磁体、铜酸盐和铁基高$T_c$超导体。向列涨落被认为与铁基超导体中库珀对的形成密切相关。目前还不清楚这种向列性中固有的各向异性是否来自电子自旋或轨道自由度。研究了结构上与铁磷属元素化物超导体相似的铁基莫特绝缘体La $_{2}$ O $_{2}$ Fe $_{2}$ O $M$ $_{2}$ $M$ =(S,Se)。它们的电子相图也接近铁磷属元素化物。核磁共振(NMR)揭示了一个关键的慢下来的自旋晶格弛豫速率($1/T_1$)观察到的涨落。这是通过使用穆斯堡尔谱在类似的温度范围内观察电场梯度的变化来补充的。应用于原子核结构的中子对分布函数技术揭示了在很宽的温度范围内存在局部的$C_2$波动,而中子衍射表明,全球$C_{4}$对称性被保留。理论建模的几何挫折自旋$1$海森堡模型与双二次和单离子各向异性条款提供了解释的磁涨落的隐藏的四极自旋波动。向列性与几何阻挫磁性密切相关,后者来自轨道选择性。结果突出的轨道秩序和自旋波动的出现在铁基氧硫族化合物的向列性。在这些莫特绝缘体内的磁通波动的检测扩展了显示短程磁通断裂的铁基材料的组。
Extreme Strain Controlled Correlated Metal-Insulator Transition in the Altermagnet CrSb
KTH Royal Institute of Technology(瑞典皇家理工学院);Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, IFW Dresden(德累斯顿IFW莱布尼茨固体与材料研究所);Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research(高压科学与技术前沿研究中心);Politecnico di Milano(米兰理工大学);SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(斯坦福直线加速器国家实验室);Diamond Light Source(英国钻石光源);Lund University(隆德大学);Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所)