Pressure effect on electrical conductivity of Mott insulator “Ba 2 IrO 4 ” Shimizu lab. ORII Daisuke 1

Contents Introduction : H. Okabe et al., Phys. Rev. B 83, (2011) Mott insulator Ba 2 IrO 4 Mottness Structure Magnetic property High-pressure effect Motivation Research Summary 2

Mott insulator EE Introduction EFEF large On-site coulomb interaction U Metal Kitaoka-sensei’s lecture 3 U

Ba 2 IrO 4 : Mottness Introduction Iridium 5d 5 egeg t 2g Crystal fieldSO coupling 5d5d Insulator ?? Metal?? 4 B. J. Kim et al., PRL 101, (2008) E EFEF E EFEF

Ba 2 IrO 4 : structure Same structure with high- T c materials Ex.) Sr-La-Cu-O, Ba-La-Cu-O, etc… 2 dimensionality The effect of spin fluctuation strongly appears. Introduction The interaction is weaker for lower dimension. Flat IrO 2 square 5

Ba 2 IrO 4 : magnetic property Spin fluctuation Both oh the magnetic moments are reduced by the spin fluctuation. Antiferromagnetic order Neel temperature T N is similar. Magnetic moment (at low temperature) TNTN Ba 2 IrO μ B /Ir atom240 K La 2 CuO μ B /Cu atom220 K D. Vaknin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2802 (1987) Ba 2 IrO 4 will be superconductor…? Introduction Ba 2 IrO 4 La 2 CuO 4 compare 6

High-pressure effect Pressure Electronic states change! Transitions Structural transition Magnetic transition M-I transition etc… Transitions Structural transition Magnetic transition M-I transition etc… I’m particularly interested in superconducting transition. Introduction 7

Motivation It is expected that superconductivity will be observed in Ba 2 IrO 4. 8

How to make high pressure Measurement Electrical resistance ; 4-terminal method Pressure Ruby fluorescence method Temperature Research 9 V+V+ V-V- I+I+ I-I-

Result Research Metallic behavior 12~23GPa Insulator behavior 10 ~10K

Discussion M-I transition Research But the superconductivity phase was not observed down to 10K. 11 E E H. Okabe et al., Phys. Rev. B 84, (2011)

Summary M-I transition was observed at 25 GPa. But superconductivity was not observed. 12