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Extended orbital molecules and magnetic phase separation in Bi0.68Ca0.32MnO3

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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 103, Issue 10, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.104105

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  1. Departments of Excellence program of the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR)

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The low-temperature structure of Bi0.68Ca0.32MnO3 shows an ordering of Mn cations in a stripe/chess-like pattern, along with the development of complex extended orbital molecules. This ordering results in the formation of short Mn-Mn distances and rearrangement of Mn-O bonds, leading to the generation of a spontaneous electrical polarization. Neutron data reveal a coexistence of a pseudo-CE long-range-ordered structure with reduced moment and short-range ferromagnetic correlations, indicating competition between charge, orbital, and magnetic degrees of freedom in this manganite system.
The low-temperature structure of Bi0.68Ca0.32MnO3 has been solved from electron and neutron diffraction data. The quantitative simultaneous refinement indicates an ordering of the Mn cations in a stripe/chess-like pattern. The ordering is accompanied by the formation of short Mn-Mn distances and the rearrangement of the Mn-O bonds indicating the development of complex extended orbital molecules. The primary order parameter breaks inversion symmetry and allows the generation of a spontaneous electrical polarization as the secondary order parameter. The neutron data at low temperature indicate the coexistence of a pseudo-CE long-range-ordered structure with a strongly reduced moment and short-range ferromagnetic correlations. These results indicate an intricate competition between the charge, orbital, and magnetic degrees of freedom and the Bi3+ stereoactivity in this manganite system.

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