Charge disproportionation and nano phase separation in RSrNiO4

Guo, H.; Li, Z. W.; Chang, C. F.; Hu, Z.; Kuo, C.-Y.; Perring, T. G.; Schmidt, W.; Piovano, A.; Schmalzl, K.; Walker, H. C.; Lin, H. J.; Chen, C. T.; Blanco-Canosa, S.; Schlappa, J.; Schüßler-Langeheine, C.; Hansmann, P.; Khomskii, D. I.; Tjeng, L. H.; Komarek, A. C.

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74884-2

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Charge disproportionation and nano phase separation in RSrNiO₄

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Guo, H.
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Li, Z. W.
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Chang, C. F.
Chun-Fu Chang, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Hu, Z.
Zhiwei Hu, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Kuo, C.-Y.
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Tjeng, L. H.
Liu Hao Tjeng, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Komarek, A. C.
Alexander Komarek, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Guo, H., Li, Z. W., Chang, C. F., Hu, Z., Kuo, C.-Y., Perring, T. G., et al. (2020). Charge disproportionation and nano phase separation in RSrNiO₄. Scientific Reports, 10(1): 18012, pp. 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74884-2.

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We have successfully grown centimeter-sized layered RSrNiO 4 single crystals under high oxygen pressures of 120–150 bar by the floating zone technique. This enabled us to perform neutron scattering experiments where we observe close to quarter-integer magnetic peaks below ∼77K that are accompanied by steep upwards dispersing spin excitations. Within the high-frequency Ni–O bond stretching phonon dispersion, a softening at the propagation vector for a checkerboard modulation can be observed. We were able to simulate the magnetic excitation spectra using a model that includes two essential ingredients, namely checkerboard charge disproportionation and nano phase separation. The results thus suggest that charge disproportionation is preferred instead of a Jahn–Teller distortion even for this layered Ni 3 + system. © 2020, The Author(s).