Structural precursor to the metal-insulator transition in V_2O_3

Details Structural precursor to the metal-insulator transition in V_2O_3 Structural precursor to the metal-insulator transition in V_2O_3

2005-08-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0508221v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

6 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.144106

The temperature dependence of the local structure of V_2O_3 in the vicinity of the metal to insulator transition (MIT) has been investigated using hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy. It is shown that the vanadium pair distance along the hexagonal c-axis changes abruptly at the MIT as expected. However, a continuous increase of the tilt of these pairs sets in already at higher temperatures and reaches its maximum value at the onset of the electronic and magnetic transition. These findings confirm recent theoretical results which claim that electron-lattice coupling is important for the MIT in V_2O_3. Our results suggest that interactions in the basal plane play a decisive role for the MIT and orbital degrees of freedom drive the MIT via changes in hybridization.

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