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电荷有序钙钛矿氧化物中八面体旋转和呼吸畸变的相互作用

Interplay of octahedral rotations and breathing distortions in charge ordering perovskite oxides

Prasanna V. Balachandran, James M. Rondinelli

摘要:

利用群论方法研究了$AB$ O $_3$类钙钛矿的结构与性质的关系,这些钙钛矿具有八面体旋转和八面体呼吸畸变(CBD)。八面体的旋转在钙钛矿家族中是普遍存在的,而呼吸扭曲的出现-导致$B$ O $_6$八面体近似均匀膨胀和收缩的氧置换模式-在具有单一化学独特$B$ -位点的组合物中更罕见。CBD的存在依赖于$B$ -位点阳离子的电子不稳定性,轨道简并或价态波动,并且通常伴随着电荷顺序金属-绝缘体转变或$B$ -位点阳离子排序出现。我们列举了从旋转和呼吸晶格模式获得的结构变体,并制定了一个一般的朗道功能描述它们的相互作用。我们使用这些信息,并将其与统计相关技术相结合,以评估原子尺度上的临界温度代表性的电荷有序镍酸盐和铋酸钙钛矿失真的作用。我们的研究结果提供了新的微观见解的基础结构-性能的相互作用,在电子和磁性相界,建议合理的路线来定制功能氧化物的行为设计。

英文摘要:

We investigate the structure--property relationships in $AB$O$_3$ perovskites exhibiting octahedral rotations and cooperative octahedral breathing distortions (CBD) using group theoretical methods. Rotations of octahedra are ubiquitous in the perovskite family, while the appearance of breathing distortions -- oxygen displacement patterns that lead to approximately uniform dilation and contraction of the $B$O$_6$ octahedra -- are rarer in compositions with a single, chemically unique $B$-site. The presence of a CBD relies on electronic instabilities of the $B$-site cations, either orbital degeneracies or valence-state fluctuations, and often appear concomitant with charge order metal--insulator transitions or $B$-site cation ordering. We enumerate the structural variants obtained from rotational and breathing lattice modes and formulate a general Landau functional describing their interaction. We use this information and combine it with statistical correlation techniques to evaluate the role of atomic scale distortions on the critical temperatures in representative charge ordering nickelate and bismuthate perovskites. Our results provide new microscopic insights into the underlying structure--property interactions across electronic and magnetic phase boundaries, suggesting plausible routes to tailor the behavior of functional oxides by design.

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