Substitutional tuning of electronic phase separation in CaFe3O5

Ka H. Hong, Elena Solana-Madruga, Branislav Viliam Hakala, Midori Amano Patino, Pascal Manuel, Yuichi Shimakawa, J. Paul Attfield

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Electronic phase separation into charge-ordered (CO) and charge-averaged (CA) phases in CaFe3-xMxO5 samples for dopants M=Mn and Co has been investigated using powder neutron and x-ray diffraction, magnetization, and Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements. Electronic phase separation is observed in lightly doped CaFe3O5 samples, where 4-10% Ca is replaced by Mn, Fe, or Co, and the CA ground state is stabilized at higher doping levels. The CO and CA phases are found to emerge below a common magnetic ordering temperature at 300-320K providing strong evidence for a lattice strain-driven mechanism that couples their magnetic transitions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number024406
Number of pages10
JournalPhysical Review Materials
Volume5
Issue number2
Early online date15 Feb 2021
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 15 Feb 2021

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