scholarly journals Spin-Orbital Order Modified by Orbital Dilution in Transition-Metal Oxides: From Spin Defects to Frustrated Spins Polarizing Host Orbitals

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Brzezicki ◽  
Andrzej M. Oleś ◽  
Mario Cuoco
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Orbital Order ◽  
Spin Orbital

scholarly journals Spin, Orbital, and Spin-Orbital Polarons in Transition Metal Oxides

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Wohlfeld ◽  
Adolfo Avella ◽  
Ferdinando Mancini
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Spin Orbital

scholarly journals ORBITAL INSULATORS AND ORBITAL ORDER–DISORDER INDUCED METAL–INSULATOR TRANSITION IN TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (05) ◽  
pp. 691-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONG-MENG CHEN ◽  
LIANG-JIAN ZOU
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Thermal Fluctuation ◽  
Insulator Transition ◽  
Orbital Ordering ◽  
Excitation Spectra ◽  
Metal Insulator Transition ◽  
Orbital Order ◽  
Metal Insulator

The role of orbital ordering on metal–insulator transition in transition-metal oxides is investigated by the cluster self-consistent field approach in the strong correlation regime. A clear dependence of the insulating gap of single-particle excitation spectra on the orbital order parameter is found. The thermal fluctuation drives the orbital order–disorder transition, diminishes the gap and leads to the metal–insulator transition. The unusual temperature dependence of the orbital polarization in the orbital insulator is also manifested in the resonant X-ray scattering intensity.

Charge and orbital ordering in transition metal oxides

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 257-257
Author(s):  
D. Khomskii
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Orbital Ordering ◽  
Spin Orbital ◽  
Electron Phonon Interaction ◽  
Frustrated Systems

Transition metal oxides with strongly correlated d-electrons show an astonishing variety of properties. This is largely determined by an interplay of different degrees of freedom: charge, spin, orbital, lattice ones. Often there appear in them various superstructures. In this talk I will consider different types of superstructures in transition metal oxides, especially charge and orbital ordering, willdiscuss the main mechanisms leading to their formation and consider specific examples of superstructures in manganites, cobaltites and in some frustrated systems. Relative role of purely electronic mechanisms and of the electron-phonon interaction will be discussed. In particular, I will show that the elastic interactions can naturally lead to different superstructures, including stripes. Special features of charge and, especially, orbital ordering in frustrated systems, where frustrations may be caused both by the geometric structure of the lattice and by the special features of orbital interactions, will be considered, and it will be shown that the order-from-disorder mechanism can lead to a unique ordered ground state in many of these cases..

HREM Study of electron-induced surface radiation damage in ReO3

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 636-637
Author(s):  
R. Ai ◽  
H.-J. Fan ◽  
L. D. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Ions ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Electron Irradiation ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Carbon Film ◽  
Transition Metal Ions ◽  
Surface Radiation ◽  
Valence Transition ◽  
Electron Microscopes

It has been known for a long time that electron irradiation induces damage in maximal valence transition metal oxides such as TiO2, V2O5, and WO3, of which transition metal ions have an empty d-shell. This type of damage is excited by electronic transition and can be explained by the Knoteck-Feibelman mechanism (K-F mechanism). Although the K-F mechanism predicts that no damage should occur in transition metal oxides of which the transition metal ions have a partially filled d-shell, namely submaximal valence transition metal oxides, our recent study on ReO3 shows that submaximal valence transition metal oxides undergo damage during electron irradiation.ReO3 has a nearly cubic structure and contains a single unit in its cell: a = 3.73 Å, and α = 89°34'. TEM specimens were prepared by depositing dry powders onto a holey carbon film supported on a copper grid. Specimens were examined in Hitachi H-9000 and UHV H-9000 electron microscopes both operated at 300 keV accelerating voltage. The electron beam flux was maintained at about 10 A/cm2 during the observation.

Problems with oxygen analysis in the system MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 with the electron microprobe

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1624-1625
Author(s):  
Michel Fialin ◽  
Guy Rémond
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Electrostatic Charge ◽  
Carbon Layer ◽  
Sample Holder ◽  
Rock Matrix ◽  
Electrical Discharges ◽  
Thin Carbon ◽  
Beam Instabilities

Oxygen-bearing minerals are generally strong insulators (e.g. silicates), or if not (e.g. transition metal oxides), they are included within a rock matrix which electrically isolates them from the sample holder contacts. In this respect, a thin carbon layer (150 Å in our laboratory) is evaporated on the sections in order to restore the conductivity. For silicates, overestimated oxygen concentrations are usually noted when transition metal oxides are used as standards. These trends corroborate the results of Bastin and Heijligers on MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2. According to our experiments, these errors are independent of the accelerating voltage used (fig.l).Owing to the low density of preexisting defects within the Al2O3 single-crystal, no significant charge buildup occurs under irradiation at low accelerating voltage (< 10keV). As a consequence, neither beam instabilities, due to electrical discharges within the excited volume, nor losses of energy for beam electrons before striking the sample, due to the presence of the electrostatic charge-induced potential, are noted : measurements from both coated and uncoated samples give comparable results which demonstrates that the carbon coating is not the cause of the observed errors.

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