Physics of spin-orbit-coupled oxides / Gan Cao, Lance E. DeLong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cao, Gan, author.

DeLong, Lance E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transition metal oxides.

Nuclear spin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This book reviews recent experimental and theoretical evidence that the physical and structural properties of transition metal oxides may decisively be influenced by strong spin-orbit interactions that compete with comparable Coulomb, magnetic exchange, and crystalline electric field interactions.

Contents:

Cover

Physics of Spin-Orbit-CoupledOxides

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Contents

Part 1: Fundamental Principles

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Overview

1.2 Outline of the Book

1.2.1 Chapter 1: Fundamental Principles

1.2.2 Chapters 2-5: Novel Phenomena in 4dand 5d-Transition Metal Oxides

1.2.3 Chapter 6: Single-Crystal Synthesis

1.3 Fundamental Characteristics of 4dand 5d-Electron Transition Metal Oxides

1.4 Crystal Fields and Chemical Aspects

1.5 Electron-Lattice Coupling

1.6 Spin-Orbit Interactions

1.7 The Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya Interaction

1.8 Phase Diagram for Correlated, Spin-Orbit Coupled Matter

1.9 Absence of Topological States in 4dand 5d-Transition Metal Oxides

Further Reading

References

2.2.1 Key Structural Features

2.2.2 Magnetic Properties

2.2.3 Transport Properties

2.2.4 Effects of High Pressure

2.2.5 Effects of Chemical Substitution

2.2.6 Elusive Superconductivity and Odd-Parity Hidden Order

2.3.1 Key Structural Features

2.3.2 Magnetic Properties

2.3.3 Transport Properties

2.3.4 Effects of Chemical Substitution

2.3.5 Effects of High Pressure

Part 2: Novel Phenomena in 4dand 5d-Transition Metal Oxides

Chapter 3: Magnetic Frustration

3.1 Overview

3.2 Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Lattices: Na2IrO3 and Li2IrO3

3.3 Ruthenate Honeycomb Lattices: Na2RuO3 and Li2RuO3

3.4 Three-Dimensional Honeycomb Lattices: ß-Li2IrO3,

Li2IrO3 and Hyperkagome Na4Ir3O8

3.5 Pyrochlore Iridates

3.6 Double-Perovskite Iridates with Ir5+(5d4) Ions: Absence of Nonmagnetic Singlet Jeff = 0 State

3.7 Quantum Liquid in Unfrustrated Ba4Ir3O10

Chapter 2: Spin-Orbit Interactions in Ruddlesden-Popper Phases Srn+1IrnO3n+1 (n = 1, 2, and 8)

2.1 Overview

2.2 Novel Mott Insulator Sr2IrO4

2.2.1 Key Structural Features.

2.2.2 Magnetic Properties

2.3 Borderline Insulator: Sr3Ir2O7

2.4 Metallic SrIrO3 and Its Derivative

4.2.1 A Novel Prototype for Negative Volume Thermal Expansion

4.2.2 General Trends

4.3.1 Fundamental Properties of Ca3Ru2O7

4.3.2 Colossal Magnetoresistivity via Avoiding a Spin-Polarized State

4.3.3 Shubnikov-de Haas Effect in the Nonmetallic State

4.3.4 Oscillatory Resistivity Periodic in B

4.3.5 Summary Remarks

5.2.1 Current-Controlled Physical Properties

5.2.2 Current-Controlled Structural Properties

5.2.3 Correlations between Current-Controlled Structural and Physical Properties

5.2.4 Current-Induced Nonequilibrium Orbital State

5.3.1 Current-Controlled Structural Properties

5.3.2 Current-Controlled Magnetic Properties

5.3.3 Non-Ohmic I-V Characteristics

Chapter 4: Lattice-Driven Ruthenates

4.1 Overview

4.2 Orbital and Magnetic Order in Doped Ca2RuO4

4.3 Unconventional Magnetotransport Properties in Ca3Ru2O7

4.4 Pressure-Induced Transition from Interlayer Ferromagnetism to Intralayer Antiferromagnetism in Sr4Ru3O10

4.5 General Remarks

References.

Chapter 5: Current Control of Structural and Physical Properties in Spin-Orbit Coupled Mott Insulators

5.1 Overview

5.2 Ca2RuO4

5.3 Sr2IrO4

5.4 General Remarks

6.4.1 Ba4Ir3O10: From Quantum Liquid to Correlated Antiferromagnet

6.4.2 Ca2RuO4: From Collinear Antiferromagnet to Weak Ferromagnet

6.4.3 Sr2IrO4: Toward Novel Superconductivity

6.4.4 Proposed Theoretical Mechanism for Field Altering

Part 3: Single-Crystal Synthesis

Chapter 6: Single-Crystal Synthesis

6.1 Overview

6.2 Flux Technique

6.3 Optical Floating-Zone Technique

6.4 Field-Altering Technology

Appendix: Synopses of Selected Experimental Techniques

A. Angle-ResolvedPhotoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)

B. Muon Spin Resonance or Rotation (μSR)

C. Neutron Diffraction and Inelastic Neutron Scattering

D. Raman Scattering

E. Resonant Inelastic X-RayScattering (RIXS)

F. Second-HarmonicGeneration (SHG)

G. X-RayAbsorption Spectroscopy (XAS)

H. X-RayMagnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD)

Subject Index

Compound Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-186127-8

0-19-255551-0

OCLC:

1256820776