Microstructure and charge-ordering transitions in LuFe2O4
| dc.creator | Zhang, Y. | |
| dc.creator | Yang, H. X. | |
| dc.creator | Ma, C. | |
| dc.creator | Tian, H. F. | |
| dc.creator | *, J. Q. Li | |
| dc.date | 2007-03-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:50:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:50:00Z | |
| dc.description | Microstructure properties, phase transitions, and charge ordering in the LuFe2O4 materials have been extensively investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The (001) twins as a common defect frequently appear in the LuFe2O4 crystals along the c-axis direction, and the crystals across each boundary are rotated by 180 degree with respect to one another. The in-situ cooling TEM observations reveal remarkable temperature dependence of the superstructures in correlation with charger ordering (CO). The Fe2+, Fe3+, and Fe+2.5 ions are found to be crystallized in ordered stripes at the frustrated ground state characterized by a modulation with the wave vector of q1 =(1/3 1/3 2). In-situ heating TEM observations on LuFe2O4 clearly demonstrate that this modulation becomes evidently invisible above a critical temperature of about Tc=530K. These facts suggest that the CO should be the essential driving force for the structural transitions and ferroelectricity observed in present system. | |
| dc.description | 23 pages, 9 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703102 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703102 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/125028 | |
| dc.subject | Strongly Correlated Electrons | |
| dc.subject | Materials Science | |
| dc.title | Microstructure and charge-ordering transitions in LuFe2O4 | |
| dc.type | text |