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Orbital fluctuations and orbital flipping in RVO3 perovskites

  • J. Q. Yan
  • , J. S. Zhou
  • , J. B. Goodenough
  • , Y. Ren
  • , J. G. Cheng
  • , S. Chang
  • , J. Zarestky
  • , O. Garlea
  • , A. Liobet
  • , H. D. Zhou
  • , Y. Sui
  • , W. H. Su
  • , R. J. McQueeney

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Abstract

The effect of the average R-site ionic radius IR and variance on the orbital and magnetic order in R3+-doped YVO3 was studied in Y1-xLaxVO3 and Y1-x(La0.2337Lu0.7663)xVO3 with fixed IR. The orbital flipping temperature TCG increases nonlinearly with increasing R-site variance, indicating that the V-O-V bond angle is not the primary driving force stabilizing the C-type orbitally ordered phase. The suppressed thermal conductivity in the G-type orbitally ordered phase signals some remaining orbital randomness that is enhanced by t2 and et hybridization in T1g3 site symmetry. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Article number197201
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume99
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2007
Externally publishedYes

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