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A Room‐Temperature Verwey‐type Transition in Iron Oxide, Fe 5 O 6
Author(s) -
Ovsyannikov Sergey V.,
Bykov Maxim,
Medvedev Sergey A.,
Naumov Pavel G.,
Jesche Anton,
Tsirlin Alexander A.,
Bykova Elena,
Chuvashova Irina,
Karkin Alexander E.,
Dyadkin Vadim,
Chernyshov Dmitry,
Dubrovinsky Leonid S.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201914988
Subject(s) - charge ordering , oxide , transition metal , stoichiometry , materials science , vanadium oxide , metal , iron oxide , vanadium , octahedron , inorganic chemistry , chemical physics , charge (physics) , crystallography , chemistry , crystal structure , catalysis , metallurgy , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Functional oxides whose physicochemical properties may be reversibly changed at standard conditions are potential candidates for the use in next‐generation nanoelectronic devices. To date, vanadium dioxide (VO 2 ) is the only known simple transition‐metal oxide that demonstrates a near‐room‐temperature metal–insulator transition that may be used in such appliances. In this work, we synthesized and investigated the crystals of a novel mixed‐valent iron oxide with an unconventional Fe 5 O 6 stoichiometry. Near 275 K, Fe 5 O 6 undergoes a Verwey‐type charge‐ordering transition that is concurrent with a dimerization in the iron chains and a following formation of new Fe−Fe chemical bonds. This unique feature highlights Fe 5 O 6 as a promising candidate for the use in innovative applications. We established that the minimal Fe−Fe distance in the octahedral chains is a key parameter that determines the type and temperature of charge ordering. This model provides new insights into charge‐ordering phenomena in transition‐metal oxides in general.