Hole-doping-induced melting of spin-state ordering in PrBaCo2O5.5+x

Abstract

The layered perovskite cobaltite RBaCo${}_2$O${}_{5.5}$ (R: rare-earth elements or Yttrium) exhibits an abrupt temperature-induced metal$-$insulator transition (MIT) and has been attributed to spin-state ordering (SSO) of Co${}^{3+}$ ions. Here we investigated the hole doping member of PrBaCo${}_2$O${}_{5.5+x}$ ($0\le x\le 0.24$) with multiple techniques. The analysis on crystal and magnetic structures by electron and neutron diffraction confirm the SSO in the insulating phase of undoped PrBaCo${}_2$O${}_{5.5}$, which is melted by increasing the temperature across the MIT. In addition, we discovered that hole doping to PrBaCo${}_2$O${}_{5.5}$ also melts the SSO in conjunction with an insulator-metal transition. The experimental results from electron/neutron diffraction and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) all lead to the conclusion that hole-doping induced MIT occurs is in the same manner as the temperature-induced MIT. Therefore, we propose a unified mechanism that dominates the temperature- and hole-doping-induced MITs in the PrBaCo${}_2$O${}_{5.5+x}$ system. Specifically, this mechanism involves symmetry breaking coupled with a SSO in the paramagnetic phase.

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