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X-ray Anomalous Scattering Study of a Charge-Ordered State in NaV2O5

H. Nakao, K. Ohwada, N. Takesue, Y. Fujii, M. Isobe, Y. Ueda, M. v. Zimmermann, J. P. Hill, D. Gibbs, J. C. Woicik, I. Koyama, Y. Murakami

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0003129

Abstract

Charge ordering of V4+ and V5+ in NaV2O5 has been studied by an X-ray diffraction technique using anomalous scattering near a vanadium K-absorption edge to critically enhance a contrast between the two ions. A dramatic energy dependence of the superlattice intensities is observed below Tc=35 K. Consequently, the charge ordering pattern is the zigzag-type ladders with the unit cell 2a*2b*4c, but not the chain-type originally proposed for the spin-Peierls state. Charge disproportionation suggested in our model as the average valence V4.5+-deltac/2 is observed below TC, showing continuous variation of deltac as a function of temperature.

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