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Thermodynamic evidence for polaron stabilization inside the antiferromagnetic order of Eu5In2Sb6

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Dawczak-Dȩbicki,  Hubert
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Ale Crivillero,  M. Victoria
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Wirth,  Steffen
Steffen Wirth, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Dawczak-Dȩbicki, H., Ale Crivillero, M. V., Cook, M. S., Thomas, S. M., Rosa, P. F. S., Müller, J., et al. (2024). Thermodynamic evidence for polaron stabilization inside the antiferromagnetic order of Eu5In2Sb6. Communications Materials, (1): 248, pp. 1-8. doi:10.1038/s43246-024-00689-9.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-45D7-E
Abstract
Materials exhibiting electronic inhomogeneities at the nanometer scale have enormous potential for applications. Magnetic polarons are one such type of inhomogeneity which link the electronic, magnetic and lattice degrees of freedom in correlated matter and often give rise to colossal magnetoresistance. Here, we investigate single crystals of Eu5In2Sb6 by thermal expansion and magnetostriction along different crystallographic directions. These data provide compelling evidence for the formation of magnetic polarons in Eu5In2Sb6 well above the magnetic ordering temperature. More specifically, our results are consistent with anisotropic polarons with varying extent along the different crystallographic directions. A crossover revealed within the magnetically ordered phase can be associated with a surprising stabilization of ferromagnetic polarons within the global antiferromagnetic order upon decreasing temperature. These findings make Eu5In2Sb6 a rare example of such coexisting and competing magnetic orders and, importantly, shed new light on colossal magnetoresistive behavior beyond manganites. © The Author(s) 2024.