Anomalous Pressure Dependence of the Charge Density Wave and Fermi Surface Reconstruction in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>BaFe</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml

We investigate the pressure evolution of charge density wave (CDW) order in the intermetallic compound BaFe_{2}Al_{9}, which undergoes a pronounced first-order CDW transition ∼112 K at ambient pressure. High-pressure electrical resistivity and magnetization measurements reveal a systematic enhancement of the CDW transition temperature (T_{CDW}) at a rate of ∼60 K/GPa, reaching 300 K under ∼3.2 GPa. The transition sharpness diminishes with pressure, indicating a crossover from first- to second-order behavior. Fermi liquid (FL) fits to the low-temperature resistivity reveal an increase in residual resistivity and a nonmonotonic evolution of the FL coefficient, indicating a pressure-induced Fermi surface (FS) reconstruction. Synchrotron x-ray diffraction reveals anisotropic lattice compression, a change in the compression trend of lattice parameters, and an abrupt change in microstrain at ∼3.6 GPa. Density functional theory calculations reveal pressure-induced flattening of quasi-two-dimensional FS sheets associated with the CDW nesting vector, consistent with enhanced nesting. These findings highlight the critical role of lattice strain and electronic structure evolution in stabilizing a high-temperature CDW phase, making BaFe_{2}Al_{9} a rare example of a three-dimensional material where pressure promotes rather than suppresses the CDW order.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-11-06
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https://doi.org/10.1103/dxzf-fx8k
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Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
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We investigate the pressure evolution of charge density wave (CDW) order in the intermetallic compound BaFe_{2}Al_{9}, which undergoes a pronounced first-order CDW transition ∼112 K at ambient pressure. High-pressure electrical resistivity and magnetization measurements reveal a systematic enhancement of the CDW transition temperature (T_{CDW}) at a rate of ∼60 K/GPa, reaching 300 K under ∼3.2 GPa. The transition sharpness diminishes with pressure, indicating a crossover from first- to second-order behavior. Fermi liquid (FL) fits to the low-temperature resistivity reveal an increase in residual resistivity and a nonmonotonic evolution of the FL coefficient, indicating a pressure-induced Fermi surface (FS) reconstruction. Synchrotron x-ray diffraction reveals anisotropic lattice compression, a change in the compression trend of lattice parameters, and an abrupt change in microstrain at ∼3.6 GPa. Density functional theory calculations reveal pressure-induced flattening of quasi-two-dimensional FS sheets associated with the CDW nesting vector, consistent with enhanced nesting. These findings highlight the critical role of lattice strain and electronic structure evolution in stabilizing a high-temperature CDW phase, making BaFe_{2}Al_{9} a rare example of a three-dimensional material where pressure promotes rather than suppresses the CDW order.

Physical Review LettersVol. 135(23)
Uppsala University (SE), Kyushu Institute of Technology (JP), Heidelberg University (DE), Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. (IT), University of Sharjah (AE), Bharathidasan University (IN), Tamil Nadu Open University (IN), National Science and Technology Council (ZM), Qatar Science and Technology Park (QA), Fayoum University (EG), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE), National Cheng Kung University (TW)
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