Charge density wave formation in $R_{2}$Te$_{5}$ ($R$=Nd, Sm and Gd)

K. Y. Shin; J. Laverock; Y. Q. Wu; C. L. Condron; M. F. Toney; S. B. Dugdale; M. J. Kramer; I. R. Fisher

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.165101

Charge density wave formation in $R_{2}$Te$_{5}$ ($R$=Nd, Sm and Gd)

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-13 v1 Materials Science

Authors: K. Y. Shin , J. Laverock , Y. Q. Wu , C. L. Condron , M. F. Toney , S. B. Dugdale , M. J. Kramer , I. R. Fisher

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Abstract

The rare earth ( $R$ ) tellurides $R_2$ Te $_5$ have a crystal structure intermediate between that of $R$ Te $_2$ and $R$ Te $_3$ , consisting of alternating single and double Te planes sandwiched between $R$ Te block layers. We have successfully grown single crystals of Nd $_2$ Te $_5$ , Sm $_2$ Te $_5$ and Gd $_2$ Te $_5$ from a self flux, and describe here the first evidence for charge density wave formation in these materials. The superlattice patterns for all three compounds are relatively complex, consisting at room temperature of at least two independent wavevectors. Consideration of the electronic structure indicates that to a large extent these wave vectors are separately associated with sheets of the Fermi surface which are principally derived from the single and double Te layers.

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charge density wave rare earth tellurides crystal structure Fermi surface superlattice patterns single crystals electronic structure

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@article{arxiv.0712.2064,
  title  = {Charge density wave formation in $R_{2}$Te$_{5}$ ($R$=Nd, Sm and Gd)},
  author = {K. Y. Shin and J. Laverock and Y. Q. Wu and C. L. Condron and M. F. Toney and S. B. Dugdale and M. J. Kramer and I. R. Fisher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.2064},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Charge density wave formation in $R_{2}$Te$_{5}$ ($R$=Nd, Sm and Gd)

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