Electron-lattice interactions strongly renormalize the charge-transfer energy in the spin-chain cuprate Li2CuO2

Johnston, Steve; Monney, Claude; Bisogni, Valentina; Zhou, Ke-Jin; Kraus, Roberto; Behr, Günter; Strocov, Vladimir N.; Málek, Jiři; Drechsler, Stefan-Ludwig; Geck, Jochen; Schmitt, Thorsten; van den Brink, Jeroen

doi:10.1038/ncomms10563

Title: Electron-lattice interactions strongly renormalize the charge-transfer energy in the spin-chain cuprate Li₂CuO₂

Journal Article · Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10563· OSTI ID:1258649

^[1]; Monney, Claude ^[2]; Bisogni, Valentina ^[3]; Zhou, Ke-Jin ^[4]; Kraus, Roberto ^[5]; Behr, Günter ^[5]; Strocov, Vladimir N. ^[6]; Málek, Jiři ^[7]; Drechsler, Stefan-Ludwig ^[5]; Geck, Jochen ^[5]; Schmitt, Thorsten ^[6]; van den Brink, Jeroen ^[8]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland); Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland)
Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Inst. of Physics
Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany); Dresden Univ. of Technology (Germany)

Strongly correlated insulators are broadly divided into two classes: Mott–Hubbard insulators, where the insulating gap is driven by the Coulomb repulsion U on the transition-metal cation, and charge-transfer insulators, where the gap is driven by the charge-transfer energy Δ between the cation and the ligand anions. The relative magnitudes of U and Δ determine which class a material belongs to, and subsequently the nature of its low-energy excitations. These energy scales are typically understood through the local chemistry of the active ions. Here we show that the situation is more complex in the low-dimensional charge-transfer insulator Li₂CuO₂, where Δ has a large non-electronic component. Combining resonant inelastic X-ray scattering with detailed modelling, we determine how the elementary lattice, charge, spin and orbital excitations are entangled in this material. Finally, this results in a large lattice-driven renormalization of Δ, which significantly reshapes the fundamental electronic properties of Li₂CuO₂.

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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:: SC0012704; 200021L 141325; GE 1647/3-1; PZ00P2 154867; GE1647/2-1

OSTI ID:: 1258649

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1340389

Report Number(s):: BNL-112581-2016-JA; ncomms10563

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

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