Charge order at the frontier between the molecular and solid states in Ba3NaRu2O9

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2011-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/1109.1260v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

Minor changes, with supporting information. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

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We show that the valence electrons of Ba3NaRu2O9, which has a quasi-molecular structure, completely crystallize below 210 K. Using an extended Hubbard model, we show that the charge ordering instability results from long-range Coulomb interactions. However, orbital ordering, metal-metal bonding and formation of a partial spin gap enforce the magnitude of the charge separation. The striped charge order and frustrated hcp lattice of Ru2O9 dimers lead to competition with a quasi-degenerate charge-melted phase under photo-excitation at low temperature. Our results establish a broad class of simple metal oxides as models for emergent phenomena at the border between the molecular and solid states.

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