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The Role of Structural and Compositional Heterogeneities in the Insulator-to-Metal Transition in Hole-Doped APd 3 O 4 (A = Ca, Sr).
Inorganic Chemistry 2017 May 2
The cubic semiconducting compounds APd3 O4 (A = Ca, Sr) can be hole-doped by Na substitution on the A site and driven toward more conducting states. This process has been followed here by a number of experimental techniques to understand the evolution of electronic properties. While an insulator-to-metal transition is observed in Ca1-x Nax Pd3 O4 for x ≥ 0.15, bulk metallic behavior is not observed for Sr1-x Nax Pd3 O4 up to x = 0.20. Given the very similar crystal and (calculated) electronic structures of the two materials, the distinct behavior is a matter of interest. We present evidence of local disorder in the A = Sr materials through the analysis of the neutron pair distribution function, which is potentially at the heart of the distinct behavior. Solid-state23 Na nuclear magnetic resonance studies additionally suggest a percolative insulator-to-metal transition mechanism, wherein presumably small regions with a signal resembling metallic NaPd3 O4 form almost immediately upon Na substitution, and this signal grows monotonically with substitution. Some signatures of increased local disorder and a propensity for Na clustering are seen in the A = Sr compounds.
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