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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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Acceso en liña: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11372-w |