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Local excitations in mixed-valence bimetal chains

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We investigate localized intragap states in mixed-valence bimetal chains in an attempt to encourage further explorations into quasi-one-dimensional halogen-bridged binuclear metal (MMX) complexes. Within a coupled electron-phonon model, soliton and polaron excitations in the two distinct ground states of MMX chains are numerically calculated and compared. Making a continuum-model analysis as well, we reveal their scaling properties with particular emphasis on the analogy between MMX chains and trans-polyacetylene.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0206557,
  title  = {Local excitations in mixed-valence bimetal chains},
  author = {Shoji Yamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0206557},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 9 figures embedded, submitted to Phys. Rev. B