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How does the spin-state of Co ions affect the insulator-metal transition in Bi2A2Co2O8 (A?=?Ca, Sr, Ba)?

ABSTRACT: The misfit layered Bi2A2Co2O8 (A?=?Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds experience an insulator to metal transition as A's ionic radius increases. This feature is contradictory to the conventional wisdom that larger lattice constant favors insulating rather than metallic state, and is also difficult to be reconciled using the Anderson weak localization theory. In this paper, we show from the first-principles calculation that an insulator-metal transition takes place from a nonmagnetic low-spin state of Co3+ ions to a hexagonally arranged intermediate-spin low-spin mixed-state in CoO2 plane when ionic radius increases from Ca to Ba. The predicted low-spin state of Bi2Ca2Co2O8 and Bi2Sr2Co2O8 and intermediate-spin low-spin mixed-state of Bi2Ba2Co2O8 are consistent not only with their measured transport properties, but also with the magnetic-field suppressed specific-heat peak observed at the transition temperature. In agreement with experiments, strong electronic correlation is required to stabilize the low-spin insulator and intermediate-spin low-spin metal.

SUBMITTER: Huang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5128795 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How does the spin-state of Co ions affect the insulator-metal transition in Bi<sub>2</sub>A<sub>2</sub>Co<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub> (A = Ca, Sr, Ba)?

Huang Xiaokun X   Zhang Weiyi W  

Scientific reports 20161130

The misfit layered Bi<sub>2</sub>A<sub>2</sub>Co<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub> (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds experience an insulator to metal transition as A's ionic radius increases. This feature is contradictory to the conventional wisdom that larger lattice constant favors insulating rather than metallic state, and is also difficult to be reconciled using the Anderson weak localization theory. In this paper, we show from the first-principles calculation that an insulator-metal transition takes place  ...[more]

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