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Charge order and three-site distortions in the Verwey structure of magnetite

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  • Mark S. Senn

    (Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK)

  • Jon P. Wright

    (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France)

  • J. Paul Attfield

    (Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK)

Abstract

X-ray diffraction is used to show that the structural distortion of magnetite below 125 kelvin is to a first approximation caused by charge ordering of its constituent iron ions, but that the localized electrons are distributed over three iron sites to form ‘trimeron’ quasiparticles.

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  • Mark S. Senn & Jon P. Wright & J. Paul Attfield, 2012. "Charge order and three-site distortions in the Verwey structure of magnetite," Nature, Nature, vol. 481(7380), pages 173-176, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:481:y:2012:i:7380:d:10.1038_nature10704
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10704
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    1. E. J. Wildman & G. B. Lawrence & A. Walsh & K. Morita & S. Simpson & C. Ritter & G. B. G. Stenning & A. M. Arevalo-Lopez & A. C. Mclaughlin, 2023. "Observation of an exotic insulator to insulator transition upon electron doping the Mott insulator CeMnAsO," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.
    2. Taehun Kim & Sangwoo Sim & Sumin Lim & Midori Amano Patino & Jaeyoung Hong & Jisoo Lee & Taeghwan Hyeon & Yuichi Shimakawa & Soonchil Lee & J. Paul Attfield & Je-Geun Park, 2021. "Slow oxidation of magnetite nanoparticles elucidates the limits of the Verwey transition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-6, December.

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