TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of bond-strain-induced electronic phase transitions in iron perovskites
AU - Yamada, Ikuya
AU - Etani, Hidenobu
AU - Tsuchida, Kazuki
AU - Marukawa, Shohei
AU - Hayashi, Naoaki
AU - Kawakami, Takateru
AU - Mizumaki, Masaichiro
AU - Ohgushi, Kenya
AU - Kusano, Yoshihiro
AU - Kim, Jungeun
AU - Tsuji, Naruki
AU - Takahashi, Ryoji
AU - Nishiyama, Norimasa
AU - Inoue, Toru
AU - Irifune, Tetsuo
AU - Takano, Mikio
PY - 2013/12/2
Y1 - 2013/12/2
N2 - Unusual electronic phase transitions in the A-site ordered perovskites LnCu3Fe4O12 (Ln: trivalent lanthanide ion) are investigated. All LnCu3Fe4O12 compounds are in identical valence states of Ln3+Cu2+3Fe 3.75+4O12 at high temperature. LnCu 3Fe4O12 with larger Ln ions (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb) show an intersite charge transfer transition (3Cu2+ + 4Fe3.75+ → 3Cu3+ + 4Fe3+) in which the transition temperature decreases from 360 to 240 K with decreasing Ln ion size. In contrast, LnCu3Fe4O12 with smaller Ln ions (Ln = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm Yb, Lu) transform into a charge-disproportionated (8Fe 3.75+ → 5Fe3+ + 3Fe5+) and charge-ordered phase below ∼250-260 K. The former series exhibits metal-to-insulator, antiferromagnetic, and isostructural volume expansion transitions simultaneously with intersite charge transfer. The latter shows metal-to-semiconductor, ferrimagnetic, and structural phase transitions simultaneously with charge disproportionation. Bond valence calculation reveals that the metal-oxygen bond strains in these compounds are classified into two types: overbonding or compression stress (underbonding or tensile stress) in the Ln-O (Fe-O) bond is dominant in the former series, while the opposite stresses or bond strains are found in the latter. Intersite charge transfer transition temperatures are strongly dependent upon the global instability indices that represent the structural instability calculated from the bond valence sum, whereas the charge disproportionation occurs at almost identical temperatures, regardless of the magnitude of structural instability. These findings provide a new aspect of the structure-property relationship in transition metal oxides and enable precise control of electronic states by bond strains.
AB - Unusual electronic phase transitions in the A-site ordered perovskites LnCu3Fe4O12 (Ln: trivalent lanthanide ion) are investigated. All LnCu3Fe4O12 compounds are in identical valence states of Ln3+Cu2+3Fe 3.75+4O12 at high temperature. LnCu 3Fe4O12 with larger Ln ions (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb) show an intersite charge transfer transition (3Cu2+ + 4Fe3.75+ → 3Cu3+ + 4Fe3+) in which the transition temperature decreases from 360 to 240 K with decreasing Ln ion size. In contrast, LnCu3Fe4O12 with smaller Ln ions (Ln = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm Yb, Lu) transform into a charge-disproportionated (8Fe 3.75+ → 5Fe3+ + 3Fe5+) and charge-ordered phase below ∼250-260 K. The former series exhibits metal-to-insulator, antiferromagnetic, and isostructural volume expansion transitions simultaneously with intersite charge transfer. The latter shows metal-to-semiconductor, ferrimagnetic, and structural phase transitions simultaneously with charge disproportionation. Bond valence calculation reveals that the metal-oxygen bond strains in these compounds are classified into two types: overbonding or compression stress (underbonding or tensile stress) in the Ln-O (Fe-O) bond is dominant in the former series, while the opposite stresses or bond strains are found in the latter. Intersite charge transfer transition temperatures are strongly dependent upon the global instability indices that represent the structural instability calculated from the bond valence sum, whereas the charge disproportionation occurs at almost identical temperatures, regardless of the magnitude of structural instability. These findings provide a new aspect of the structure-property relationship in transition metal oxides and enable precise control of electronic states by bond strains.
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U2 - 10.1021/ic402344m
DO - 10.1021/ic402344m
M3 - Article
C2 - 24224928
AN - SCOPUS:84889255959
VL - 52
SP - 13751
EP - 13761
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
SN - 0020-1669
IS - 23
ER -