Annealing-induced long-range charge density wave order in magnetic kagome FeGe : Fluctuations and disordered structure

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Shi, Chenfei ; Liu, Yi ; Maity, Bishal Baran ; Wang, Qi ; Kotla, Surya Rohith ; Ramakrishnan, Sitaram ; Eisele, Claudio ; Agarwal, Harshit ; Noohinejad, Leila ; Tao, Qian ; Kang, Baojuan ; Lou, Zhefeng ; Yang, Xiaohui ; Qi, Yanpeng ; Lin, Xiao ; Xu, Zhu-An ; Thamizhavel, Arumugam ; Cao, Guang-Han ; van Smaalen, Sander ; Cao, Shixun ; Bao, Jin-Ke:
Annealing-induced long-range charge density wave order in magnetic kagome FeGe : Fluctuations and disordered structure.
In: Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy. Vol. 67 (2024) . - 117012.
ISSN 1869-1927
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-024-2457-7

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Charge density wave (CDW) in kagome materials with the geometric frustration is able to carry unconventional characteristics. Recently, a CDW has been observed below the antiferromagnetic order in kagome FeGe, in which magnetism and CDW are intertwined to form an emergent quantum ground state. However, the CDW is only short-ranged and the structural modulation originating from it has yet to be determined experimentally. Here we realize a long-range CDW order by post-annealing process, and resolve the structure model through single crystal X-ray diffraction. Occupational disorder of Ge resulting from short-range CDW correlations above TCDW is identified from structure refinements. The partial dimerization of Ge along the c axis is unveiled to be the dominant distortion for the CDW. Occupational disorder of Ge is also proved to exist in the CDW phase due to the random selection of partially dimerized Ge sites. Our work provides useful insights for understanding the unconventional nature of the CDW in FeGe.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Group Material Sciences > Chair Crystallography Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Group Material Sciences > Chair Crystallography > Chair Crystallography - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sander van Smaalen
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 530 Physics
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2024 07:07
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2024 08:21
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/90444