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La $_{0.5}$ Ca $_{0.5}$ MnO $_3$纳米团簇的可调谐位置和轨道选择性Mott跃迁和量子限制效应

Tunable site- and orbital-selective Mott transition and quantum confinement effects in La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_3$ nanoclusters

A. Valli, H. Das, G. Sangiovanni, T. Saha-Dasgupta, K. Held

摘要:

利用动力学平均场论(DMFT)研究了有限尺寸La $_{0.5}$ Ca $_{0.5}$ MnO $_3$(LCMO)纳米团簇的电荷和轨道关联.在将LCMO纳米结构化为3 nm直径的簇时,尺寸减小在高温顺磁相中诱导绝缘体到金属的转变。这归因于具有不同标称价态的Mn位点之间的电荷交换的减少[Das等人,物理修订信函107,197202(2011)]。在这里,我们表明,在进一步减少系统的大小到几个原子的纳米团簇,量子限制效应开始发挥作用。这导致相反的效果:纳米团簇再次变成绝缘的,并且Mn位之间的电荷交换以及轨道极化增强。电子掺杂通过外部栅极电压上的几个原子的纳米团簇被发现触发的位置和轨道选择性莫特转变。我们的研究结果表明,LCMO纳米团簇可用于实现技术设备,利用接近莫特过渡及其控制的大小和栅极电压。

英文摘要:

We present a dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) study of the charge and orbital correlations in finite-size La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_3$ (LCMO) nanoclusters. Upon nanostructuring LCMO to clusters of 3 nm diameter, the size reduction induces an insulator-to-metal transition in the high-temperature paramagnetic phase. This is ascribed to the reduction in charge disproportionation between Mn sites with different nominal valence [Das et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197202 (2011)]. Here we show that upon further reducing the system size to a few-atom nanoclusters, quantum confinement effects come into play. These lead to the opposite effect: the nanocluster turns insulating again and the charge disproportionation between Mn sites, as well as the orbital polarization, are enhanced. Electron doping by means of external gate voltage on few-atom nanoclusters is found to trigger a site- and orbital-selective Mott transition. Our results suggest that LCMO nanoclusters could be employed for the realization of technological devices, exploiting the proximity to the Mott transition and its control by size and gate voltage.

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