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LaMnO $_3$轨道有序/无序转变的局域结构研究

Local structure study of the orbital order/disorder transition in LaMnO$_3$

Peter M. M. Thygesen, Callum A. Young, Edward O. R. Beake, Fabio Denis Romero, Leigh D. Connor, Thomas E. Proffen, Anthony E. Phillips, Matthew G. Tucker, Micha… 展开作者

Peter M. M. Thygesen, Callum A. Young, Edward O. R. Beake, Fabio Denis Romero, Leigh D. Connor, Thomas E. Proffen, Anthony E. Phillips, Matthew G. Tucker, Michael A. Hayward, David A. Keen, Andrew L. Goodwin

摘要:

我们使用的中子和X射线总散射测量的组合,连同对分布函数(PDF)分析,以确定在局域结构的变化在整个轨道的有序-无序转变LaMnO $_3$。我们的实验数据是不一致的,与传统的顺序-无序描述的过渡,而不是反映存在一个不连续的变化,在有序和无序状态之间的局部结构。在轨道有序的制度,中子和X射线PDF最好的本地结构模型与平均(长程)晶体结构中观察到的相同的本地轨道安排。我们表明,各种有意义的不同的本地轨道安排模型可以提供类似的质量的实验PDF收集的无序制度,然而,我们的数据显示了一个微妙的,但一致的偏好各向异性Potts模型中提出的\emph{Phys Rev.\ B} { \bf 79},174106(2009)。该模型的关键影响是电子和磁各向同性连同在Mn站点的局部反转对称性的损失。最后,我们的PDF测量的解释时,在功能材料的局部对称性破缺的特点进行了严格的评估。

英文摘要:

We use a combination of neutron and X-ray total scattering measurements together with pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to characterise the variation in local structure across the orbital order--disorder transition in LaMnO$_3$. Our experimental data are inconsistent with a conventional order--disorder description of the transition, and reflect instead the existence of a discontinuous change in local structure between ordered and disordered states. Within the orbital-ordered regime, the neutron and X-ray PDFs are best described by a local structure model with the same local orbital arrangements as those observed in the average (long-range) crystal structure. We show that a variety of meaningfully-different local orbital arrangement models can give fits of comparable quality to the experimental PDFs collected within the disordered regime; nevertheless, our data show a subtle but consistent preference for the anisotropic Potts model proposed in \emph{Phys Rev.\ B} {\bf 79}, 174106 (2009). The key implications of this model are electronic and magnetic isotropy together with the loss of local inversion symmetry at the Mn site. We conclude with a critical assessment of the interpretation of PDF measurements when characterising local symmetry breaking in functional materials.

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