Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-08-06
Phys. Rev. B 80, 224106 (2009) [11 pages]
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
10 figures, 7 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.224106
We have synthesized various samples of the $x=2/3$ phase of sodium cobaltate Na$_{x}$CoO$_{2}$ and performed X-ray powder diffractions spectra to compare the diffraction with the structure proposed previously from NMR/NQR experiments [H. Alloul \emph{et al.}, EPL \textbf{85}, 47006 (2009)]. Rietveld analysis of the data are found in perfect agreement with those, and confirm the concentration x=2/3 obtained in the synthesis procedure. They even give indications on the atomic displacements of Na inside the unit cell. The detailed NQR data allow us to identify the NQR transitions and electric field gradient (EFG) parameters for 4 cobalt sites and 3 Na sites. The spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation rates are found much smaller for the non-magnetic Co$^{3+}$ sites than for the magnetic sites on which the holes are delocalized. The atomic ordering of the Na layers is therefore at the source of this ordered distribution of cobalt charges. The method used here to resolve the Na ordering and the subsequent Co charge order can be used valuably for other concentrations of Na.
Alloul Henri
Collin Gaston
Dooglav A. V.
Mukhamedshin I. R.
Platova T. A.
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