Stacked charge stripes in the quasi-2D trilayer nickelate La 4 Ni 3 O 8

Zhang, Junjie; Chen, Yu-Sheng; Phelan, D.; Zheng, Hong; Norman, M. R.; Mitchell, J. F.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1606637113

Title: Stacked charge stripes in the quasi-2D trilayer nickelate La ₄ Ni ₃ O ₈

Journal Article · Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1606637113· OSTI ID:1273671

Zhang, Junjie ^[1]; Chen, Yu-Sheng ^[2]; Phelan, D. ^[1]; Zheng, Hong ^[1]; Norman, M. R. ^[1]; Mitchell, J. F. ^[1]

Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439,
ChemMatCARS, The University of Chicago, Argonne, IL 60439

The quasi-2D nickelate La₄Ni₃O₈ (La-438), consisting of trilayer networks of square planar Ni ions, is a member of the so-called T' family, which is derived from the Ruddlesden-Popper (R-P) parent compound La₄Ni₃O_10-x by removing two oxygen atoms and rearranging the rock salt layers to fluorite-type layers. Although previous studies on polycrystalline samples have identified a 105-K phase transition with a pronounced electronic and magnetic response but weak lattice character, no consensus on the origin of this transition has been reached. We show using synchrotron X-ray diffraction on high-pO(2) floating zone-grown single crystals that this transition is associated with a real space ordering of charge into a quasi-2D charge stripe ground state. We found that the charge stripe superlattice propagation vector, q = (2/3, 0, 1), corresponds with that those in the related 1/3-hole doped single- layer R-P nickelate, La_5/3Sr_1/3NiO₄ (LSNO-1/3; Ni^2.33+), with orientation at 45 degrees to the Ni-O bonds. Furthermore, the charge stripes in La-438 are weakly correlated along c to form a staggered ABAB stacking that reduces the Coulomb repulsion among the stripes. Surprisingly, however, we find that the charge stripes within each trilayer of La-438 are stacked in phase from one layer to the next, at odds with any simple Coulomb repulsion argument.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol. 113 Journal Issue: 32; ISSN 0027-8424

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