Site-selective doping of ordered charge states in magnetite

Charge ordering in magnetite is an important example of the complex behaviour that emerges in transition metal oxides. Here the authors show that doping causes selective oxidation of one site in the established trimeron pattern, introducing an additional charge-ordered structure.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: E. Pachoud, J. Cumby, G. Perversi, J. P. Wright, J. P. Attfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15504-5