The high-pressure phase diagram of BaNi$_2$As$_2$: unconventional charge-density-waves and structural phase transitions
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| author | Lacmann, Tom Haghighirad, Amir-Abbas Souliou, Sofia-Michaela Merz, Michael Garbarino, Gaston Glazyrin, Konstantin Heid, Rolf Tacon, Matthieu Le |
| author_facet | Lacmann, Tom Haghighirad, Amir-Abbas Souliou, Sofia-Michaela Merz, Michael Garbarino, Gaston Glazyrin, Konstantin Heid, Rolf Tacon, Matthieu Le |
| contents | Structural phase transitions accompanied by incommensurate and commensurate charge density wave (CDW) modulations of unconventional nature have been reported in BaNi$_2$As$_2$, a nonmagnetic cousin of the parent compound of Fe-based superconductors, BaFe$_2$As$_2$. The strong dependence of the structural and CDW transitions of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ on isoelectronic substitutions alongside original dynamical lattice effects suggests strong tunability of the electronic phase of the system through structural effects. Here, we present a comprehensive synchrotron x-ray diffraction and first-principles calculation study of the evolution of the crystal structure and lattice instabilities of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ as a function of temperature and hydrostatic pressure (up to 12 GPa). We report a cascade of pressure-induced structural phase transitions and electronic instabilities up to 10 GPa, above which all CDW superstructures disappear. We reveal that the stable high-pressure phase consists of planar Ni zigzag chains, from which the surrounding As atoms have been pushed away. This yields a strong reduction of the interlayer As-As distance (along the original c axis), akin to what is observed in the collapsed tetragonal structure of other pnictides, albeit here with a monoclinic structure. The discovery of polymorphs in the pressure-temperature phase diagram of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ emphasizes the importance of the relative Ni-Ni and Ni-As bond lengths in controlling the electronic ground state of this compound and increases our understanding of viable electronic phases under extreme conditions. |
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| spellingShingle | The high-pressure phase diagram of BaNi$_2$As$_2$: unconventional charge-density-waves and structural phase transitions Lacmann, Tom Haghighirad, Amir-Abbas Souliou, Sofia-Michaela Merz, Michael Garbarino, Gaston Glazyrin, Konstantin Heid, Rolf Tacon, Matthieu Le Superconductivity Strongly Correlated Electrons Structural phase transitions accompanied by incommensurate and commensurate charge density wave (CDW) modulations of unconventional nature have been reported in BaNi$_2$As$_2$, a nonmagnetic cousin of the parent compound of Fe-based superconductors, BaFe$_2$As$_2$. The strong dependence of the structural and CDW transitions of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ on isoelectronic substitutions alongside original dynamical lattice effects suggests strong tunability of the electronic phase of the system through structural effects. Here, we present a comprehensive synchrotron x-ray diffraction and first-principles calculation study of the evolution of the crystal structure and lattice instabilities of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ as a function of temperature and hydrostatic pressure (up to 12 GPa). We report a cascade of pressure-induced structural phase transitions and electronic instabilities up to 10 GPa, above which all CDW superstructures disappear. We reveal that the stable high-pressure phase consists of planar Ni zigzag chains, from which the surrounding As atoms have been pushed away. This yields a strong reduction of the interlayer As-As distance (along the original c axis), akin to what is observed in the collapsed tetragonal structure of other pnictides, albeit here with a monoclinic structure. The discovery of polymorphs in the pressure-temperature phase diagram of BaNi$_2$As$_2$ emphasizes the importance of the relative Ni-Ni and Ni-As bond lengths in controlling the electronic ground state of this compound and increases our understanding of viable electronic phases under extreme conditions. |
| title | The high-pressure phase diagram of BaNi$_2$As$_2$: unconventional charge-density-waves and structural phase transitions |
| topic | Superconductivity Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04660 |