Crystal-field mediated electronic transitions of EuS up to 35 GPa.
Sci Rep
; 12(1): 1217, 2022 Jan 24.
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ABSTRACT
An advanced experimental and theoretical model to explain the correlation between the electronic and local structure of Eu[Formula see text] in two different environments within a same compound, EuS, is presented. EuX monochalcogenides (X O, S, Se, Te) exhibit anomalies in all their properties around 14 GPa with a semiconductor to metal transition. Although it is known that these changes are related to the [Formula see text] [Formula see text] [Formula see text] electronic transition, no consistent model of the pressure-induced modifications of the electronic structure currently exists. We show, by optical and x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and by ab initio calculations up to 35 GPa, that the pressure evolution of the crystal field plays a major role in triggering the observed electronic transitions from semiconductor to the half-metal and finally to the metallic state.
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