Abstract
The effect of the average R-site ionic radius IR and variance on the orbital and magnetic order in R3+-doped YVO3 was studied in Y1-xLaxVO3 and Y1-x(La0.2337Lu0.7663)xVO3 with fixed IR. The orbital flipping temperature TCG increases nonlinearly with increasing R-site variance, indicating that the V-O-V bond angle is not the primary driving force stabilizing the C-type orbitally ordered phase. The suppressed thermal conductivity in the G-type orbitally ordered phase signals some remaining orbital randomness that is enhanced by t2 and et hybridization in T1g3 site symmetry.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 197201 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 19 |
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| State | Published - Nov 8 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |