Local orbital degeneracy lifting as a precursor to an orbital-selective Peierls transition

A common feature of many transition metal materials is global symmetry breaking at low temperatures. Here the authors show that such materials are characterized by fluctuating symmetry-lowering distortions that exist pre-formed in higher temperature phases with greater average symmetry.

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Main Authors: E. S. Bozin, W. G. Yin, R. J. Koch, M. Abeykoon, Y. S. Hor, H. Zheng, H. C. Lei, C. Petrovic, J. F. Mitchell, S. J. L. Billinge
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/93556539847645d2bdfb51c7f69f7d5b
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