scholarly journals Broken mirror symmetry, incommensurate spin correlations, and B2g nematic order in iron pnictides

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Wang ◽  
Wenjun Hu ◽  
Rong Yu ◽  
Qimiao Si
Keyword(s):  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Spin Correlations ◽  
Nematic Order

scholarly journals Possible nematic order driven by magnetic fluctuations in iron pnictides

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kok Wee Song ◽  
Yung-Ching Liang ◽  
Hokiat Lim ◽  
Stephan Haas
Keyword(s):  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Magnetic Fluctuations ◽  
Nematic Order

scholarly journals Ising-nematic order in the bilinear-biquadratic model for the iron pnictides

2015 ◽  
Vol 92 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Bilbao Ergueta ◽  
Andriy H. Nevidomskyy
Keyword(s):  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Nematic Order

scholarly journals Surface nematic order in iron pnictides

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kok Wee Song ◽  
Alexei E. Koshelev
Keyword(s):  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Nematic Order

Erratum: Preemptive nematic order, pseudogap, and orbital order in the iron pnictides [Phys. Rev. B85, 024534 (2012)]

2012 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Fernandes ◽  
A. V. Chubukov ◽  
J. Knolle ◽  
I. Eremin ◽  
J. Schmalian
Keyword(s):  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Orbital Order ◽  
Nematic Order

scholarly journals Nematic spin correlations in the tetragonal state of uniaxial-strained BaFe2−xNixAs2

Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 345 (6197) ◽  
pp. 657-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingye Lu ◽  
J. T. Park ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Huiqian Luo ◽  
Andriy H. Nevidomskyy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inelastic Neutron Scattering ◽  
Inelastic Neutron ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Spin Excitation ◽  
Spin Correlations ◽  
Spin Excitations ◽  
Resistivity Anisotropy ◽  
High Transition ◽  
Mechanism Of Superconductivity

Understanding the microscopic origins of electronic phases in high-transition temperature (high-Tc) superconductors is important for elucidating the mechanism of superconductivity. In the paramagnetic tetragonal phase of BaFe2−xTxAs2 (where T is Co or Ni) iron pnictides, an in-plane resistivity anisotropy has been observed. Here, we use inelastic neutron scattering to show that low-energy spin excitations in these materials change from fourfold symmetric to twofold symmetric at temperatures corresponding to the onset of the in-plane resistivity anisotropy. Because resistivity and spin excitation anisotropies both vanish near optimal superconductivity, we conclude that they are likely intimately connected.

scholarly journals Preemptive nematic order, pseudogap, and orbital order in the iron pnictides

2012 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Fernandes ◽  
A. V. Chubukov ◽  
J. Knolle ◽  
I. Eremin ◽  
J. Schmalian
Keyword(s):  
Iron Pnictides ◽  
Orbital Order ◽  
Nematic Order

High Resolution Electron Microscopy of internal interfaces in layered materials

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-321
Author(s):  
Yoichi Ishida ◽  
Hideki Ichinose ◽  
Yutaka Takahashi ◽  
Jin-yeh Wang
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Layered Materials ◽  
Plane Boundary ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Layer Plane ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Cubic Metals

Layered materials draw attention in recent years in response to the world-wide drive to discover new functional materials. High-Tc superconducting oxide is one example. Internal interfaces in such layered materials differ significantly from those of cubic metals. They are often parallel to the layer of the neighboring crystals in sintered samples(layer plane boundary), while periodically ordered interfaces with the two neighboring crystals in mirror symmetry to each other are relatively rare. Consequently, the atomistic features of the interface differ significantly from those of cubic metals. In this paper grain boundaries in sintered high-Tc superconducting oxides, joined interfaces between engineering ceramics with metals, and polytype interfaces in vapor-deposited bicrystal are examined to collect atomic information of the interfaces in layered materials. The analysis proved that they are not neccessarily more complicated than that of simple grain boundaries in cubic metals. The interfaces are majorly layer plane type which is parallel to the compound layer. Secondly, chemical information is often available, which helps the interpretation of the interface atomic structure.

The limits of strain and lattice parameter measurements by CBED

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 518-519
Author(s):  
Hamish L. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Local Symmetry ◽  
Lattice Parameter ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Surface Relaxation ◽  
Strained Layer ◽  
Axis Parallel ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Strained Layer Superlattice

The topic of strain and lattice parameter measurements using CBED is discussed by reference to several examples. In this paper, only one of these examples is referenced because of the limitation of length. In this technique, scattering in the higher order Laue zones is used to determine local lattice parameters. Work (e.g. 1) has concentrated on a model strained-layer superlattice, namely Si/Gex-Si1-x. In bulk samples, the strain is expected to be tetragonal in nature with the unique axis parallel to [100], the growth direction. When CBED patterns are recorded from the alloy epi-layers, the symmetries exhibited by the patterns are not tetragonal, but are in fact distorted from this to lower symmetries. The spatial variation of the distortion close to a strained-layer interface has been assessed. This is most readily noted by consideration of Fig. 1(a-c), which show enlargements of CBED patterns for various locations and compositions of Ge. Thus, Fig. 1(a) was obtained with the electron beam positioned in the center of a 5Ge epilayer and the distortion is consistent with an orthorhombic distortion. When the beam is situated at about 150 nm from the interface, the same part of the CBED pattern is shown in Fig. 1(b); clearly, the symmetry exhibited by the mirror planes in Fig. 1 is broken. Finally, when the electron beam is positioned in the center of a 10Ge epilayer, the CBED pattern yields the result shown in Fig. 1(c). In this case, the break in the mirror symmetry is independent of distance form the heterointerface, as might be expected from the increase in the mismatch between 5 and 10%Ge, i.e. 0.2 to 0.4%, respectively. From computer simulation, Fig.2, the apparent monocline distortion corresponding to the 5Ge epilayer is quantified as a100 = 0.5443 nm, a010 = 0.5429 nm and a001 = 0.5440 nm (all ± 0.0001 nm), and α = β = 90°, γ = 89.96 ± 0.02°. These local symmetry changes are most likely due to surface relaxation phenomena.

Structural Transformation of a Germanium Σ=13 (510) [001] Tilt Grain Boundary under the Electron Beam

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Rouvière ◽  
Alain Bourret
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Structural Transformations ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Tilt Grain Boundary

The possible structural transformations during the sample preparations and the sample observations are important issues in electron microscopy. Several publications of High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) have reported that structural transformations and evaporation of the thin parts of a specimen could happen in the microscope. Diffusion and preferential etchings could also occur during the sample preparation.Here we report a structural transformation of a germanium Σ=13 (510) [001] tilt grain boundary that occurred in a medium-voltage electron microscopy (JEOL 400KV).Among the different (001) tilt grain boundaries whose atomic structures were entirely determined by High Resolution Electron Microscopy (Σ = 5(310), Σ = 13 (320), Σ = 13 (510), Σ = 65 (1130), Σ = 25 (710) and Σ = 41 (910), the Σ = 13 (510) interface is the most interesting. It exhibits two kinds of structures. One of them, the M-structure, has tetracoordinated covalent bonds and is periodic (fig. 1). The other, the U-structure, is also tetracoordinated but is not strictly periodic (fig. 2). It is composed of a periodically repeated constant part that separates variable cores where some atoms can have several stable positions. The M-structure has a mirror glide symmetry. At Scherzer defocus, its HREM images have characteristic groups of three big white dots that are distributed on alternatively facing right and left arcs (fig. 1). The (001) projection of the U-structure has an apparent mirror symmetry, the portions of good coincidence zones (“perfect crystal structure”) regularly separate the variable cores regions (fig. 2).

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