Incommensurate charge order phase in Fe2OBO3 due to geometrical frustration

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Angst, M ^a   Hermann, R P ^b,c   Schweika, W ^b   Kim, J W ^d   Khalifah, P ^e,f   Xiang, H J ^g   Whangbo, M H ^g   Kim, D H ^a   Sales, B C ^a   Mandrus, D ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON COMPOUNDS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY SCATTERING;

GEOMETRICAL FRUSTRATION; IMMOBILE CARRIERS; INCOMMENSURATE CHARGE; INCOMMENSURATE MODULATIONS;

ELECTRIC CHARGE;

EID: 37249012373     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.256402     Document Type: Article

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