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Title: Charge Condensation and Lattice Coupling Drives Stripe Formation in Nickelates

Abstract

Revealing the predominant driving force behind symmetry breaking in correlated materials is sometimes a formidable task due to the intertwined nature of different degrees of freedom. This is the case for La2–xSrxNiO4+δ, in which coupled incommensurate charge and spin stripes form at low temperatures. Here, we use resonant x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to study the temporal stability and domain memory of the charge and spin stripes in La2–xSrxNiO4+δ. Although spin stripes are more spatially correlated, charge stripes maintain a better temporal stability against temperature change. More intriguingly, charge order shows robust domain memory with thermal cycling up to 250 K, far above the ordering temperature. Furthermore, these results demonstrate the pinning of charge stripes to the lattice and that charge condensation is the predominant factor in the formation of stripe orders in nickelates.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [2];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [6];  [6]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
  5. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
  6. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1782544
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1797793; OSTI ID: 1823619
Report Number(s):
BNL-221368-2021-JAAM; BNL-222088-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; TRN: US2210014
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; AC0206CH11357; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 126; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Charge order; Magnetic order; Complex oxides; Coherent X-ray scattering

Citation Formats

Shen, Yao, Fabbris, G., Miao, H., Cao, Y., Meyers, D., Mazzone, D. G., Assefa, T. A., Chen, X. M., Kisslinger, K., Prabhakaran, D., Boothroyd, A. T., Tranquada, J. M., Hu, Wen, Barbour, A. M., Wilkins, S. B., Mazzoli, C., Robinson, I. K., and Dean, Mark P. M. Charge Condensation and Lattice Coupling Drives Stripe Formation in Nickelates. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.177601.
Shen, Yao, Fabbris, G., Miao, H., Cao, Y., Meyers, D., Mazzone, D. G., Assefa, T. A., Chen, X. M., Kisslinger, K., Prabhakaran, D., Boothroyd, A. T., Tranquada, J. M., Hu, Wen, Barbour, A. M., Wilkins, S. B., Mazzoli, C., Robinson, I. K., & Dean, Mark P. M. Charge Condensation and Lattice Coupling Drives Stripe Formation in Nickelates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.177601
Shen, Yao, Fabbris, G., Miao, H., Cao, Y., Meyers, D., Mazzone, D. G., Assefa, T. A., Chen, X. M., Kisslinger, K., Prabhakaran, D., Boothroyd, A. T., Tranquada, J. M., Hu, Wen, Barbour, A. M., Wilkins, S. B., Mazzoli, C., Robinson, I. K., and Dean, Mark P. M. Fri . "Charge Condensation and Lattice Coupling Drives Stripe Formation in Nickelates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.177601. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1782544.
@article{osti_1782544,
title = {Charge Condensation and Lattice Coupling Drives Stripe Formation in Nickelates},
author = {Shen, Yao and Fabbris, G. and Miao, H. and Cao, Y. and Meyers, D. and Mazzone, D. G. and Assefa, T. A. and Chen, X. M. and Kisslinger, K. and Prabhakaran, D. and Boothroyd, A. T. and Tranquada, J. M. and Hu, Wen and Barbour, A. M. and Wilkins, S. B. and Mazzoli, C. and Robinson, I. K. and Dean, Mark P. M.},
abstractNote = {Revealing the predominant driving force behind symmetry breaking in correlated materials is sometimes a formidable task due to the intertwined nature of different degrees of freedom. This is the case for La2–xSrxNiO4+δ, in which coupled incommensurate charge and spin stripes form at low temperatures. Here, we use resonant x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to study the temporal stability and domain memory of the charge and spin stripes in La2–xSrxNiO4+δ. Although spin stripes are more spatially correlated, charge stripes maintain a better temporal stability against temperature change. More intriguingly, charge order shows robust domain memory with thermal cycling up to 250 K, far above the ordering temperature. Furthermore, these results demonstrate the pinning of charge stripes to the lattice and that charge condensation is the predominant factor in the formation of stripe orders in nickelates.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.126.177601},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 17,
volume = 126,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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