Electronic phase separation: Recent progress in the old problem

MY Kagan, KI Kugel, AL Rakhmanov - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
We consider the nanoscale electronic phase separation in a wide class of different
materials, mostly in strongly correlated electron systems. The phase separation turns out to …

Magnetism and the trimeron bond

JP Attfield - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
A review of progress in understanding the Verwey transition in magnetite (Fe3O4) over the
past decade is presented. This electronic and structural transition at TV≈ 125 K was …

Discovery of the soft electronic modes of the trimeron order in magnetite

E Baldini, CA Belvin, M Rodriguez-Vega, IO Ozel… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
The Verwey transition in magnetite (Fe3O4) is the first metal–insulator transition ever
observed and involves a concomitant structural rearrangement and charge–orbital ordering …

Verwey transition as evolution from electronic nematicity to trimerons via electron-phonon coupling

W Wang, J Li, Z Liang, L Wu, PM Lozano… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Understanding the driving mechanisms behind metal-insulator transitions (MITs) is a critical
step toward controlling material's properties. Since the proposal of charge order–induced …

Selection rule for the photoinduced phase transition dominated by anisotropy of strain in

T Saiki, T Yoshida, K Akimoto, D Indo, M Arizono… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In photoinduced phase transitions, the relationship between the crystal orientation and the
direction of the polarization or wave vector of light seems important, but surprisingly, such …

Laser-driven first-order spin reorientation and Verwey phase transitions in magnetite beyond the range of thermodynamic equilibrium

AV Kuzikova, LA Shelukhin, FM Maksimov, AI Chernov… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Ultrafast photo-induced phase transitions occurring under the impact of femtosecond laser
pulses provide versatile opportunities for switching solids between distinctly-different …

Ultrafast generation of hidden phases via energy-tuned electronic photoexcitation in magnetite

B Truc, P Usai, F Pennacchio… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Phase transitions occurring in nonequilibrium conditions can evolve through high-energy
intermediate states inaccessible via equilibrium adiabatic conditions. Because of the subtle …

Mott transition in chain structure of strained VO2 films revealed by coherent phonons

TV Slusar, JC Cho, HR Lee, JW Kim, SJ Yoo… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The characteristic of strongly correlated materials is the Mott transition between metal and
insulator (MIT or IMT) in the same crystalline structure, indicating the presence of a gap …

Coherent generation of symmetry-forbidden phonons by light-induced electron-phonon interactions in magnetite

S Borroni, E Baldini, VM Katukuri, A Mann, K Parlinski… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Symmetry breaking across phase transitions often causes changes in selection rules and
emergence of optical modes which can be detected via spectroscopic techniques or …

[HTML][HTML] A versatile setup for ultrafast broadband optical spectroscopy of coherent collective modes in strongly correlated quantum systems

E Baldini, A Mann, S Borroni, C Arrell… - Structural …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
A femtosecond pump-probe setup is described that is optimised for broadband transient
reflectivity experiments on solid samples over a wide temperature range. By combining high …