Distortion mode anomalies in bulk PrNiO3: Illustrating the potential of symmetry-adapted distortion mode analysis for the study of phase transitions
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"title": "Distortion mode anomalies in bulk PrNiO3: Illustrating the potential of symmetry-adapted distortion mode analysis for the study of phase transitions",
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"type": "Journal reference",
"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.100.205137",
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"comment": "Paper were the experimental details and the data analysis are described",
"citation": "D. J. Gawryluk , Y. M. Klein, T. Shang, D. Sheptyakov, L. Keller, N. Casati, Ph. Lacorre, M. T. Fern\u00e1ndez-D\u00edaz, J. Rodr\u00edguez-Carvajal, and M. Medarde, Physical Review B 100, 205137 (2019)"
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"description": "The origin of the metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) in RNiO3 perovskites with R = trivalent 4 f ion has challenged the condensed matter research community for almost three decades. A drawback for progress in this direction has been the lack of studies combining physical properties and accurate structural data covering the full nickelate phase diagram. Here we focus on a small region close to the itinerant limit (R = Pr, 1.5 K < T < 300 K), where we investigate the gap opening and the simultaneous emergence of charge order in PrNiO3. We combine electrical resistivity, magnetization, and heat capacity measurements with high-resolution neutron and synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction data that, in contrast to previous studies, we analyze in terms of symmetry-adapted distortion modes. Such analysis allow us to identify the contribution of the different modes to the global distortion in a broad temperature range. Moreover, it shows that the structural changes at the MIT, traditionally described in terms of the evolution of the interatomic distances and angles, appear as abrupt increases of all nonzero mode amplitudes at TMIT = TN \u223c 130 K accompanied by the appearance of new modes below this temperature. A further interesting observation is the existence of a nearly perfect linear correlation between the amplitude of the breathing mode associated to the charge order and the staggered magnetization below the MIT. Our data also uncover a previously unnoticed anomaly at T \u2217 \u223c 60 K (\u223c0.4 \u00d7 TMIT), clearly visible in the electrical resistivity, lattice parameters and some mode amplitudes. Since phase coexistence is only observed in a small temperature region around TMIT (\u223c\u00b110 K), these observations suggest the existence of a hidden symmetry in the insulating phase. We discuss some possible origins, among them the theoretically predicted existence of polar distortions induced by the noncentrosymmetric magnetic order [Perez-Mato et al., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 286001 (2016); Giovanetti et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 156401 (2009)].",
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"email": "dariusz.gawryluk@psi.ch",
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"Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland"
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"givennames": "Dariusz J."
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"email": "maximilian.klein@psi.ch",
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"Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland"
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"familyname": "Klein",
"givennames": "Y. Maximilian"
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"email": "tian.shang@psi.ch",
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"Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland"
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"email": "denis.cheptiakov@psi.ch",
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"email": "lukas.keller@psi.ch",
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"Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland"
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"Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland"
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"Institut des Mol\u00e9cules et Mat\u00e9riaux du Mans (IMMM) - UMR 6283 CNRS, Le Mans Universit\u00e9, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France"
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"email": "ferndiaz@ill.fr",
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"Institut Laue Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156 -38042 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France"
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"familyname": "Fernandez-Diaz",
"givennames": "Maria Teresa"
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"email": "jrc@ill.dr",
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"Institut Laue Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156 -38042 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France"
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"familyname": "Rodriguez-Carvajal",
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"email": "marisa.medarde@psi.ch",
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"Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland"
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