Peierls Mechanism of the Metal-Insulator Transition in Ferromagnetic Hollandite K2Cr8O16

T. Toriyama, A. Nakao, Y. Yamaki +10

Synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiment shows that the metal-insulator transition occurring in a ferromagnetic state of a hollandite K${}_2$Cr${}_8$O${}_{16}$ is accompanied by a struct…