Electronic Self-Organization in the β-Pyrochlore Oxide CsW2O6

Abstract

In this review, I present the electronic properties of the beta-pyrochlore oxide CsW2O6 and other related materials. At 215 K, CsW2O6 exhibits an electronic phase transition to a nonmagnetic insulating state, which exhibits a complex self-organization of 5d electrons. In this phase transition, various factors, such as geometrical frustration of the pyrochlore structure, moderately strong electron correlation, Jahn-Teller-like distortion, phase transition to the insulating state, and formation of chemical bonds in solids, which are powerful driving forces for achieving a wide variety of electronic properties in transition metal oxides, play important roles. In CsW2O6, the interplay of these factors has led to the emergence of an electronic phase transition that preserves the cubic symmetry, three-dimensional nesting of Fermi surfaces, a possible charge order with a fractional valence satisfying the Anderson condition, and an equilateral-triangular trimer formation by a three-centered-two-electron bond. In addition to the introduction of these unique features of CsW2O6, each of them has been compared to those of other materials to provide an overview of the electronic properties of a wide variety of related materials, which can contribute to a complete understanding of the vast and infinite electronic phenomena in transition metal oxides.

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