Pressure-Induced Large Volume Collapse, Plane-to-Chain, Insulator to Metal Transition in CaMnBi
arXiv:1907.07203 · doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01362
Abstract
In-situ high pressure single crystal X-ray diffraction study reveals that the quantum material CaMnBi undergoes a unique plane to chain structural transition between 2 and 3 GPa, accompanied by a large volume collapse. CaMn2Bi2 displays a new structure type above 2.3 GPa, with the puckered Mn honeycomb lattice of the trigonal ambient-pressure structure converting to one-dimensional (1D) zigzag chains in the high-pressure monoclinic structure. Single crystal measurements reveal that the pressure-induced structural transformation is accompanied by a dramatic two order of magnitude drop of resistivity; although the ambient pressure phase displays semiconducting behavior at low temperatures, metallic temperature dependent resistivity is observed for the high pressure phase, as, surprisingly, are two resistivity anomalies with opposite pressure dependences. Based on the electronic structure calculations, we hypothesized that the newly emerged electronic state under high pressure is associated with a Fermi surface instability of the quasi-1D Mn chains, while we infer that the other is a magnetic transition. Assessment of the total energies for hypothetical magnetic structures for high pressure CaMnBi indicates that ferrimagnetism is thermodynamically favored.
arXiv comment22 pages, 9 figures
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