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- A new polymorph of RERuGe compounds has been developed as single crystals using indium flux, revealing unique structural characteristics in a tetragonal arrangement.
- The compounds undergo a structural transition at low temperatures, showing a charge density wave (CDW) behavior that affects the Ge chains within the lattice.
- Experimental measurements indicate specific ordering temperatures for the compounds, with notable electronic state transitions coinciding with the CDW transition, as supported by various spectroscopy methods.
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A new polymorph of the RERuGe (RE = Pr, Sm, Dy) compounds has been grown as single crystals via an indium flux. These compounds crystallize in tetragonal space group P4/mnc with the ScFeSi-type structure, having lattice parameters a = 11.020(2) Å and c = 5.853(1) Å for RE = Pr, a = 10.982(2) Å and c = 5.777(1) Å for RE = Sm, and a = 10.927(2) Å and c = 5.697(1) Å for RE = Dy. These materials exhibit a structural transition at low temperature, which is attributed to an apparent charge density wave (CDW). Both the high-temperature average crystal structure and the low-temperature incommensurately modulated crystal structure (for SmRuGe as a representative) have been solved. The charge density wave order is manifested by periodic distortions of the one-dimensional zigzag Ge chains. From X-ray diffraction, charge transport (electrical resistivity, Hall effect, magnetoresistance), magnetic measurements, and heat capacity, the ordering temperatures (T) observed in the Pr and Sm analogues are ∼200 and ∼175 K, respectively. The charge transport measurement results indicate an electronic state transition happening simultaneously with the CDW transition. X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) and electronic band structure results are also reported.
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