Partial molecular orbitals in face-sharing 3$d$ manganese trimer: Comparative studies on Ba$_{4}$TaMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ and Ba$_{4}$NbMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$
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| author | Ali, Anzar Kim, Heung-Sik Yadav, Poonam Lee, Suheon Yoon, Duhee Choi, Sungkyun |
| author_facet | Ali, Anzar Kim, Heung-Sik Yadav, Poonam Lee, Suheon Yoon, Duhee Choi, Sungkyun |
| contents | We present a molecular orbital candidate Ba$_{4}$TaMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ with a face-sharing octahedra trimer, by comparing it with a related compound Ba$_{4}$NbMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$. The synthesis of the polycrystalline powder is optimized by suppressing the secondary impurity phase via x-ray diffraction. Magnetic susceptibility measurements on the optimized samples reveal a weak magnetic hysteresis with magnetic transitions consistent with heat capacity results. The effective magnetic moments from susceptibility indicate a strongly coupled $S=2$ antiferromagnetic trimer at around room temperature, whereas the estimated magnetic entropy from heat capacity suggests the localized $S=3/2$ timer. These results can be explainable by a partial molecular orbital state, in which three $t_{2g}$ electrons are localized in each Mn ion and one $e_{g}$ electron is delocalized over two-end Mn ions of the trimer based on density functional theory calculations. This unconventional 3$d$ orbital state is comprehended as a consequence of competition between the hybrid interatomic orbitals within the Mn trimer and the local moment formation by on-site Coulomb correlations. |
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| spellingShingle | Partial molecular orbitals in face-sharing 3$d$ manganese trimer: Comparative studies on Ba$_{4}$TaMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ and Ba$_{4}$NbMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ Ali, Anzar Kim, Heung-Sik Yadav, Poonam Lee, Suheon Yoon, Duhee Choi, Sungkyun Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science We present a molecular orbital candidate Ba$_{4}$TaMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ with a face-sharing octahedra trimer, by comparing it with a related compound Ba$_{4}$NbMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$. The synthesis of the polycrystalline powder is optimized by suppressing the secondary impurity phase via x-ray diffraction. Magnetic susceptibility measurements on the optimized samples reveal a weak magnetic hysteresis with magnetic transitions consistent with heat capacity results. The effective magnetic moments from susceptibility indicate a strongly coupled $S=2$ antiferromagnetic trimer at around room temperature, whereas the estimated magnetic entropy from heat capacity suggests the localized $S=3/2$ timer. These results can be explainable by a partial molecular orbital state, in which three $t_{2g}$ electrons are localized in each Mn ion and one $e_{g}$ electron is delocalized over two-end Mn ions of the trimer based on density functional theory calculations. This unconventional 3$d$ orbital state is comprehended as a consequence of competition between the hybrid interatomic orbitals within the Mn trimer and the local moment formation by on-site Coulomb correlations. |
| title | Partial molecular orbitals in face-sharing 3$d$ manganese trimer: Comparative studies on Ba$_{4}$TaMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ and Ba$_{4}$NbMn$_{3}$O$_{12}$ |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14640 |