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Mechanisms for Pressure-Induced Isostructural Phase Transitions in EuO

Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Abstract:
We study pressure-induced isostructural electronic phase transitions in the prototypical mixed valence and strongly correlated material EuO using the global-hybrid density functional theory. The simultaneous presence in the valence of highly localized d- and f-type bands and itinerant s- and p-type states, as well as the half-filled f-type orbital shell with seven unpaired electrons on each Eu atom, have made the description of the electronic features of this system a challenge. The electronic band structure, density of states, and atomic oxidation states of EuO are analyzed in the 0-50 GPa pressure range. An insulator-to-metal transition at about 12 GPa of pressure was identified. The second isostructural transition at approximately 30-35 GPa, previously believed to be driven by an oxidation from Eu(II) to Eu(III), is shown instead to be associated with a change in the occupation of the Eu d orbitals, as can be determined from the analysis of the corresponding atomic orbital populations. The Eu d band is confined by the surrounding oxygens and split by the crystal field, which results in orbitals of eg symmetry (i.e., dx2-y2 and d2z2-x2-y2, pointing along the Eu-O direction) being abruptly depopulated at the transition as a means to alleviate electron-electron repulsion in the highly compressed structures.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Elenco autori:
Desmarais J.K.; Erba A.; Pan Y.; Civalleri B.; Tse J.S.
Autori di Ateneo:
CIVALLERI Bartolomeo
DESMARAIS Jacques Kontak
ERBA Alessandro
Link alla scheda completa:
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1800746
Link al Full Text:
https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1800746/798549/EuO_pap_rev.pdf
Pubblicato in:
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
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