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- An exceptional case of a temperature-dependent Mott transition has been observed in RNiO3 (see Torrance J. B. et al. Phys. Rev. B45 8209 (1992)
- The Hubbard Hamiltonian H = ∑ t ij a iσ + a jσ + U∑ n i ↑ n i ↓, is the simplest description of a Mott-insulator ( Hubbard J. Proc. Royal Soc. A277 237 (1964) ). It is characterized by a kinetic energy term t ij denoting the hopping of an electron from site i to its nearest neighbor site j and by the extra energy cost U of putting two electrons (n i ↑ n i ↓) on the same site. The bandwidth W is proportional to t. In the case of charge transfer insulator, U, the energy gap separating the empty and filled d-bands, is replaced by Δ, a gap between the empty d-band and filled-ligand bands ( Zaanen J. G. Sawatzky G. A. Allen J. W. Phys. Rev. Lett. 55 418 (1985)
- It is of note that the CF splitting increases proportional to the inverse of the fifth power of the TM-ligand-bond length ( Sherman D. M. In: S. K. Saxena, (Ed.) Advances in Physical Geochemistry 7 Springer-Verlag Berlin (1988) p. 113
- Sterer , E. , Pasternak , M. P. and Taylor , R. D. (1990) . Rev. Sci. Instrum. , 61 : 1117
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- Pure elemental I2 was prepared by thermal dissociation at 300 °C of spectroscopical pure PdI2 and condensation of I2 vapor in the same evacuated tube
- Due to the proximity of electrodes (∼10 µm), there was no need for a pressure medium
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- The ground state 2 T 2g of the low-spin 5d-electrons configuration in Fe3+ is (t 2g * ↑) 3 (t 2g *↓)2 with a magnetic moment approximately 1/5 of that of the high-spin 6 A 1g ground state
- Note that following the first compression cycle (filled circle curve), R(P) upon decompression reaches a value that is lower at∼5 GPa. Successive compression and decompression cycles are reproducible. This phenomenon can be explained as due to compacting of the sample during the first compression cycle
- The TN for each pressure was deduced from H hf(T, P) measurements and extrapolation to H hf = 0
- The quadrupole splitting QS is half the value of the quadrupole coupling e 2 q zz Q
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