Volume-wise destruction of the antiferromagnetic Mott insulating state through quantum tuning

Liu, L.; Cheung, S. C.; Guguchia, Z.; Khasanov, R.; Morenzoni, E.; Munsie, T. J.S.; Hallas, A. M.; Wilson, M. N.; Cai, Y.; Luke, G. M.; Chen, B.; Li, W.; Jin, C.; Ding, C; Guo, S.; Ning, F.; Ito, T. U.; Higemoto, W.; Billinge, S. J.L.; Sakamoto, S.; Fujimori, A.; Murakami, T.; Kageyama, H.; Alonso, J. A.; Kotliar, G.; Imada, M.; Uemura, Y. J.

doi:10.1038/ncomms12519

Title: Volume-wise destruction of the antiferromagnetic Mott insulating state through quantum tuning

Journal Article · Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12519· OSTI ID:1303008

Liu, L. ^[1]; Cheung, S. C. ^[1]; Guguchia, Z. ^[2]; Khasanov, R. ^[2]; Morenzoni, E. ^[2]; Munsie, T. J.S. ^[3]; Hallas, A. M. ^[3]; Wilson, M. N. ^[3]; Cai, Y. ^[3]; Luke, G. M. ^[4]; Chen, B. ^[5]; Li, W. ^[5]; Jin, C. ^[5]; Ding, C ^[6]; Guo, S. ^[6]; Ning, F. ^[6]; Ito, T. U. ^[7]; Higemoto, W. ^[7]; Billinge, S. J.L. ^[8]; Sakamoto, S. ^[9] more »

Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada)
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada); Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto (Canada)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan). Advanced Science Research Center
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid (Spain). Inst. de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Cantoblanco
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)

RENiO₃ (RE=rare-earth element) and V₂O₃ are archetypal Mott insulator systems. When tuned by chemical substitution (RENiO₃) or pressure (V₂O₃), they exhibit a quantum phase transition (QPT) between an antiferromagnetic Mott insulating state and a paramagnetic metallic state. Because novel physics often appears near a Mott QPT, the details of this transition, such as whether it is first or second order, are important. Here, we demonstrate through muon spin relaxation/rotation (μSR) experiments that the QPT in RENiO₃ and V₂O₃ is first order: the magnetically ordered volume fraction decreases to zero at the QPT, resulting in a broad region of intrinsic phase separation, while the ordered magnetic moment retains its full value until it is suddenly destroyed at the QPT. These findings bring to light a surprising universality of the pressure-driven Mott transition, revealing the importance of phase separation and calling for further investigation into the nature of quantum fluctuations underlying the transition.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1303008

Report Number(s):: BNL-112476-2016-JA; R&D Project: PO011; KC0201060

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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