Strain tuning of vestigial three-state Potts nematicity in a correlated antiferromagnet

Hwangbo, Kyle; Rosenberg, Elliott; Cenker, John; Jiang, Qianni; Wen, Haidan; Xiao, Di; Chu, Jiun-Haw; Xu, Xiaodong

doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02653-3

Strain tuning of vestigial three-state Potts nematicity in a correlated antiferromagnet

Journal Article · Thu Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Nature Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02653-3· OSTI ID:3006428

Hwangbo, Kyle ^[1]; Rosenberg, Elliott ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[1]; ^[1]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Electronic nematicity is a state of matter in which rotational symmetry is spontaneously broken and translational symmetry is preserved. In strongly correlated materials, nematicity often emerges from fluctuations of a multicomponent primary order, such as spin or charge density waves, and is termed vestigial nematicity. One widely studied example is Ising nematicity, which arises as a vestigial order of collinear antiferromagnetism in the tetragonal iron pnictide superconductors. Because nematic directors in crystals are restricted by the underlying crystal symmetry, recently identified quantum materials with three-fold rotational symmetry offer a new platform to investigate nematic order with three-state Potts character. Here, in this study, we demonstrate strain control of three-state Potts nematicity as a vestigial order of zigzag antiferromagnetism in FePSe₃. Optical linear dichroism measurements reveal the nematic state and demonstrate the rotation of the nematic director by uniaxial strain. We show that the nature of the nematic phase transition can also be controlled by strain, inducing a smooth crossover transition between a Potts nematic transition and an Ising nematic flop transition. Elastocaloric measurements demonstrate the signatures of two coupled phase transitions, indicating that the vestigial nematic transition is separated from the antiferromagnetic transition. This establishes FePSe₃ as a system to explore three-state Potts vestigial nematicity.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0012509

OSTI ID:: 3006428

Journal Information:: Nature Physics, Journal Name: Nature Physics Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 20; ISSN 1745-2473; ISSN 1745-2481

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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