| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 70, Number 6, June 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 789 - 795 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10045-y | |
| Published online | 25 May 2005 | |
High-energy photoemission on 
:
Small polaron physics and the Verwey transition
1
Experimentalphysik II, Universität Augsburg - D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
2
Division of Material Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University - Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
3
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8 Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
4
Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Received:
14
February
2005
Accepted:
22
April
2005
We have studied the electronic structure and charge ordering
(Verwey) transition of magnetite (
) by soft X-ray
photoemission. Due to the enhanced probing depth and the use of
different surface preparations we are able to distinguish surface
and volume effects in the spectra. The pseudogap behavior of the
intrinsic spectra and its temperature dependence give evidence for
the existence of strongly bound small polarons consistent with
both dc and optical conductivity. Together with other recent
structural and theoretical results our findings support a picture
in which the Verwey transition contains elements of a cooperative
Jahn-Teller effect, stabilized by local Coulomb interaction.
PACS: 71.30.+h – Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions / 71.38.Ht – Self-trapped or small polarons / 79.60.-i – Photoemission and photoelectron spectra
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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