Rules governing Jahn-Teller order in Prussian blue analogues
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| author | Harbourne, Elodie A. Cattermull, John Boström, Hanna L. B. Witte, Rebecca Roth, Nikolaj Pasta, Mauro Keen, David A. Goodwin, Andrew L. |
| author_facet | Harbourne, Elodie A. Cattermull, John Boström, Hanna L. B. Witte, Rebecca Roth, Nikolaj Pasta, Mauro Keen, David A. Goodwin, Andrew L. |
| contents | Jahn-Teller distortions of transition-metal coordination environments link orbital occupancies to structure. In the solid state, such distortions can be strongly correlated through the propagation of strain and/or through orbital interactions. Cooperative Jahn-Teller (CJT) order of this kind affects the electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of the materials in which it occurs. Conventionally studied in dense ceramics, CJT order also occurs in hybrid materials, albeit the underlying phenomenology is not well established. Here we use synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction measurements to determine links between composition and Jahn-Teller effects in a series of Prussian blue analogue (PBA) families. We develop a simple model based on the dual considerations of strain and crystal-field stabilisation that can account for the stability, extent of CJT order, and crystallite strain measured experimentally. This model shows how PBA compositions might be tuned to control the emergence and nature of CJT effects. A key implication of the model is that PBAs harbour their own complex interplay between compositional, structural, orbital, and magnetic degrees of freedom related to that of strongly-correlated functional materials such as the manganite perovskites. |
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| spellingShingle | Rules governing Jahn-Teller order in Prussian blue analogues Harbourne, Elodie A. Cattermull, John Boström, Hanna L. B. Witte, Rebecca Roth, Nikolaj Pasta, Mauro Keen, David A. Goodwin, Andrew L. Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons Jahn-Teller distortions of transition-metal coordination environments link orbital occupancies to structure. In the solid state, such distortions can be strongly correlated through the propagation of strain and/or through orbital interactions. Cooperative Jahn-Teller (CJT) order of this kind affects the electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of the materials in which it occurs. Conventionally studied in dense ceramics, CJT order also occurs in hybrid materials, albeit the underlying phenomenology is not well established. Here we use synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction measurements to determine links between composition and Jahn-Teller effects in a series of Prussian blue analogue (PBA) families. We develop a simple model based on the dual considerations of strain and crystal-field stabilisation that can account for the stability, extent of CJT order, and crystallite strain measured experimentally. This model shows how PBA compositions might be tuned to control the emergence and nature of CJT effects. A key implication of the model is that PBAs harbour their own complex interplay between compositional, structural, orbital, and magnetic degrees of freedom related to that of strongly-correlated functional materials such as the manganite perovskites. |
| title | Rules governing Jahn-Teller order in Prussian blue analogues |
| topic | Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13169 |