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arXiv 1902.04526cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
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缺陷在VO $_{2}$和V $_2$ O $_3$中的金属-绝缘体转变中的作用

The role of defects in the metal-insulator transition in VO$_{2}$ and V$_2$O$_3$

Darshana Wickramaratne, Noam Bernstein, I. I. Mazin

摘要:

钒酸盐VO $_2$和V $_2$ O $_3$是表现出金属-绝缘体转变的强相关材料的原型示例。虽然这些材料中的相变已被广泛研究,但对这些材料的性质如何受到缺陷和掺杂的影响的理解有限。在这项研究中,我们调查的原生点缺陷的形式的Frenkel缺陷的VO $_2$和V $_2$ O $_3$的结构,磁性和电子性质的影响,使用第一性原理计算。在VO $_2$中,钒Frenkel对导致非平凡绝缘状态。未配对的钒间隙键合到单个二聚体,这导致具有一个单重态和一个局部单电子$S=1/2$态的三聚体。由钒空位产生的未成对断裂的二聚体也具有定域的$S=1/2$态。因此,绝缘态由单重态二聚体、三聚体和两个局域$S=1/2$态产生。另一方面,氧弗伦克尔对导致VO $_2$中的金属状态,但预期以低得多的浓度存在。相反,V $_2$ O $_3$中的Frenkel缺陷不直接抑制材料的绝缘特性。然而,由V $_2$ O $_3$中的缺陷产生的无序改变了局部磁矩,并进而降低了材料的绝缘相和导电相之间的转变的能量成本。我们还发现了自陷小极化子在V $_2$ O $_3$,这对绝缘相的输运性质的影响。

英文摘要:

The vanadates VO$_2$ and V$_2$O$_3$ are prototypical examples of strongly correlated materials that exhibit a metal-insulator transition. While the phase transitions in these materials have been studied extensively, there is a limited understanding of how the properties of these materials are affected by the presence of defects and doping. In this study we investigate the impact of native point defects in the form of Frenkel defects on the structural, magnetic and electronic properties of VO$_2$ and V$_2$O$_3$, using first-principles calculations. In VO$_2$ the vanadium Frenkel pairs lead to a non-trivial insulating state. The unpaired vanadium interstitial bonds to a single dimer, which leads to a trimer that has one singlet state and one localized single-electron $S=1/2$ state. The unpaired broken dimer created by the vanadium vacancy also has a localized $S=1/2$ state. Thus, the insulating state is created by the singlet dimers, the trimer and the two localized $S=1/2$ states. Oxygen Frenkel pairs, on the other hand, lead to a metallic state in VO$_2$, but are expected to be present in much lower concentrations. In contrast, the Frenkel defects in V$_2$O$_3$ do not directly suppress the insulating character of the material. However, the disorder created by defects in V$_2$O$_3$ alters the local magnetic moments and in turn reduces the energy cost of a transition between the insulating and conducting phases of the material. We also find self-trapped small polarons in V$_2$O$_3$, which has implications for transport properties in the insulating phase.

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