$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$ nuclear magnetic resonance in the candidate topological insulator $\mathrm{PuB_4}$

Dioguardi, A. P.; Yasuoka, H.; Thomas, S. M.; Sakai, H.; Cary, S. K.; Kozimor, S. A.; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E.; Choi, H. C.; Zhu, J. -X.; Thompson, J. D.; Bauer, E. D.; Ronning, F.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.99.035104

Title: $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ nuclear magnetic resonance in the candidate topological insulator $$\mathrm{PuB_4}$$

Journal Article · Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.99.035104· OSTI ID:1566685

Dioguardi, A. P. ^[1]; Yasuoka, H. ^[2]; Thomas, S. M. ^[3]; Sakai, H. ^[4]; Cary, S. K. ^[3]; Kozimor, S. A. ^[3]; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E. ^[5]; Choi, H. C. ^[3]; Zhu, J. -X. ^[3]; Thompson, J. D. ^[3]; Bauer, E. D. ^[3]; Ronning, F. ^[3]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden (Germany)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Naka (Japan)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

In this article, we present a detailed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study of $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ in bulk and powdered single-crystal plutonium tetraboride ($$\mathrm{PuB_4}$$), which has recently been investigated as a potential correlated topological insulator. This study constitutes the second-ever observation of the $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ NMR signal, and provides unique on-site sensitivity to the rich $$f$$-electron physics and insight into the bulk gaplike behavior in $$\mathrm{PuB_4}$$. The $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ NMR spectra are consistent with axial symmetry of the shift tensor showing for the first time that $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ NMR can be observed in an anisotropic environment and up to room temperature. The temperature dependence of the $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ shift, combined with a relatively long spin-lattice relaxation time ($$T_1$$), indicate that $$\mathrm{PuB_4}$$ adopts a nonmagnetic state with gaplike behavior consistent with our density functional theory calculations. The temperature dependencies of the NMR Knight shift and $$T_1^{1}$$ –microscopic quantities sensitive only to bulk states–imply bulk gaplike behavior confirming that $$\mathrm{PuB_4}$$ is a good candidate topological insulator. The large contrast between the $$\mathrm{^{239}Pu}$$ orbital shifts in the ionic insulator $$\mathrm{PuO_2} (\sim {+24.7 }\%)$$ and $$\mathrm{PuB_4} (\sim-0.5\%)$$ provides a new tool to investigate the nature of chemical bonding in plutonium materials.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Actinide Science & Technology (CAST); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016568

OSTI ID:: 1566685

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1489316

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 99, Issue 3; ISSN 2469-9950

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