Observation of Phase Transition from Metal to Spin-Singlet Insulator in MgTi2O4 with S = 1/2 Pyrochlore Lattice

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1848-1851

  Isobe, Masahiko ^a   Ueda, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metal insulator transition; MgTi2O4; Pyrochlore lattice with S = 1 2; Spin singlet ground state; Structural transition

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; METAL; OXYGEN; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETISM; PARAMETER; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036354752     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.71.1848     Document Type: Article

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