Bao, J-K;
Malliakas, CD;
Zhang, C;
Cai, S;
Chen, H;
Rettie, AJE;
Fisher, BL;
... Kanatzidis, MG; + view all
(2021)
Quasi-Two-Dimensional Heterostructures (KM1 – xTe)(LaTe3) (M = Mn and Zn) with Charge Density Waves.
Chemistry of Materials
, 33
(6)
pp. 2155-2164.
10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04923.
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Abstract
Layered heterostructure materials with two different functional building blocks can teach us about emergent physical properties and phenomena arising from interactions between the layers. We report intergrowth compounds KLaM1 – xTe4 (M = Mn and Zn; x ≈ 0.35) featuring two chemically distinct alternating layers [LaTe3] and [KM1 – xTe]. Their crystal structures are incommensurate, determined by single X-ray diffraction for the Mn compound and a transmission electron microscope study for the Zn compound. KLaMn1 – xTe4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic superspace group Pmnm(01/2γ)s00 with lattice parameters a = 4.4815(3) Å, b = 21.6649(16) Å, and c = 4.5220(3) Å. It exhibits charge density wave order at room temperature with a modulation wave vector q = 1/2b* + 0.3478c* originating from electronic instability of Te-square nets in [LaTe3] layers. The Mn analog exhibits a cluster spin glass behavior with spin freezing temperature Tf ≈ 5 K attributed to disordered Mn vacancies and competing magnetic interactions in the [Mn1 – xTe] layers. The Zn analog also has charge density wave order at room temperature with a similar q-vector having the c* component ∼0.346 confirmed by selected-area electron diffraction. Electron transfer from [KM1 – xTe] to [LaTe3] layers exists in KLaM1 – xTe4, leading to an enhanced electronic specific heat coefficient. The resistivities of KLaM1 – xTe4 (M = Mn and Zn) exhibit metallic behavior at high temperatures and an upturn at low temperatures, suggesting partial localization of carriers in the [LaTe3] layers with some degree of disorder associated with the M atom vacancies in the [M1 – xTe] layers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Quasi-Two-Dimensional Heterostructures (KM1 – xTe)(LaTe3) (M = Mn and Zn) with Charge Density Waves |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04923 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04923 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10131470 |
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