GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$属于多孔尖晶石族。尽管人们对它的一些新性质,如莫特绝缘体相和高压超导性等进行了深入的研究,但它的晶体结构仍然是一个谜。通过第一性原理计算研究了它的声子谱,并提出它很可能存在晶体结构的相变,这与一些实验观测结果相一致。对于立方对称的原型尖晶石结构,空间群为$F\bar{4}3m$,其声子谱在整个布里渊区具有三个软模,表明这种晶体结构具有很强的动力学不稳定性。为了找到动态稳定的晶体结构,进一步计算了GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$的两种新结构,分别对应于$R3m$和$P\bar{4}2_{1}m$,证实了在常压下,当温度降低时,GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$确实存在从$F\bar{4}3m$到其它结构的结构相变.我们还对$R3m$和$P\bar{4}2_{1}m$结构进行了电子结构计算,结果表明$P\bar{4}2_{1}m$结构GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$是带绝缘体,并在单带Hubbard模型下通过DMFT计算得到了当相互作用参数U大于0.40 eV vs.带宽为0.25 eV时,$R3m$结构的莫特绝缘体态.合理的假设是,在降低温度时,$F\bar{4}3m$结构GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$首先变为$R3m$结构GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$,然后变为$P\bar{4}2_{1}m$结构GaTa $_4$ Se $_8$,这是因为经过Jahn-Teller畸变后,$P\bar{4}2_{1}m$的对称性低于$R3m$。结构转变可以解释低温磁化率反常现象。
英文摘要:
GaTa$_4$Se$_8$ belongs to the lacunar spinel family. Its crystal structures is still a puzzle though there have been intensive studies on its novel properties, such as the Mott insulator phase and superconductivity under pressure. In this work, we investigate its phonon spectra through first-principle calculations and proposed it most probably has crystal structure phase transition, which is consistent with several experimental observations. For the prototype lacunar spinel with cubic symmetry of space group $F\bar{4}3m$, its phonon spectra have three soft modes in the whole Brillouin zone, indicating the strong dynamical instability of such crystal structure. In order to find the dynamically stable crystal structure, further calculations indicate two new structures of GaTa$_4$Se$_8$, corresponding to $R3m$ and $P\bar{4}2_{1}m$, verifying that at the ambient pressure, there does exist structure phase transition of GaTa$_4$Se$_8$ from $F\bar{4}3m$ to other structures when the temperature is lowered. We also performed electronic structure calculation for $R3m$ and $P\bar{4}2_{1}m$ structure, showing that $P\bar{4}2_{1}m$ structure GaTa$_4$Se$_8$ is band insulator, and obtained Mott insulator state for $R3m$ structure by DMFT calculation under single-band Hubbard model picture when interaction parameter U is larger than 0.40 eV vs. band width of 0.25 eV. It is reasonable to assume that while lowering the temperature, $F\bar{4}3m$ structure GaTa$_4$Se$_8$ becomes $R3m$ structure GaTa$_4$Se$_8$ first, then $P\bar{4}2_{1}m$ structure GaTa$_4$Se$_8$, because of the symmetry of $P\bar{4}2_{1}m$ is lower than $R3m$ after Jahn-Teller distortion. The structure transition may explain the magnetic susceptibility anomalous at low temperature.
Resistive switching induced by electronic avalanche breakdown in GaTa$_4$Se$_{8-x}$Te$_x$ narrow gap Mott Insulators
由强电场引起的Mott跃迁正受到越来越多的关注。最近的理论建议集中在莫特绝缘体的齐纳介质击穿,但实验研究仍然太少,得出结论的机制。在这里,我们报告的研究,在窄间隙莫特绝缘体GaTa $_4$ Se $_{8-x}$ Te $_x$的介电击穿。我们发现,I-V特性和阈值电场(E $_{th}$)的大小不对应于齐纳击穿,而是雪崩击穿。E $_{th}$随Mott Hubbard能隙(E $_g$)的幂律增加,与半导体雪崩击穿的普遍规律E $_{th}$ $\propto$ E $_g$ $^{2.5}$惊人地一致。然而,我们在莫特绝缘体中观察到的雪崩延迟时间比传统半导体长三个数量级以上。我们的研究结果表明,电场诱导局部绝缘体到金属莫特转变,产生导电域,其生长以形成贯穿样品的导电路径。
Crystal growth and electronic properties of a 3D Rashba material, BiTeI, with adjusted carrier concentrations
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Novel electronic structure induced by a highly strained oxide interface with incommensurate crystal fields
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Crystal and electronic structure of the room temperature organometallic ferrimagnet V(TCNE)$_2$. Analysis of numerical DoS and magnetic properties as related to orbital and spin-Hamiltonian models
Combined single crystal polarized XAFS and XRD at high pressure: probing the interplay between lattice distortions and electronic order at multiple length scales in high $T_c$ cuprates
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Can the electronic energy spectra of bulk excitonic states be traced to parent molecular states in fluorene and its hetero-analogues? It depends on the mutual orientation of the respective transition dipoles in the crystal
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Anisotropic superconductivity and unusually robust electronic critical field in single crystal La$_{7}$Ir$_{3}$
报道了多晶La $_{7}$ Ir $_{3}$显示超导性破坏时间反演对称性,同时也具有各向同性的$s$ -波隙。这种非中心对称超导体的单晶对于理解该系统中电子配对机制的性质是非常必要的。本文报道了用提拉法生长La $_{7}$ Ir $_{3}$高质量单晶。利用X射线、磁化强度、电阻率和热容测量研究了这些大晶体的结构和超导性质。我们观察到一个明确的各向异性,在较低和较高的临界磁场施加平行和垂直于六角$c$轴的磁场。我们还报告了一个强大的电子临界场的存在下,偏离从热容量,这是表面超导性的标志来自上临界场。
Main physical characteristics of crystal, magnetic and electronic structures of Ce3+-based perovskites CeTmO3 [Tm3+ = Sc, Ti, V] investigated via the first-principles computational utilizing LDA, PBE-GGA and WC-GGA functionals
Electronic Coupling between the Unoccupied States of the Organic and Inorganic Sub-Lattices of Methylammonium Lead Iodide a Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Single Crystal
Drastic changes of electronic structure and crystal chemistry upon oxidation of SnII2TiO4E2 into SnIV2TiO6: an ab initio study
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Synthesis, crystal and electronic structures, and second harmonic generation of La 4Ge 3S12
Department of Material Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo(兵库县立大学物质科学研究生院理学研究科);Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University(大阪大学激光工程研究所)