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.
Authors
- Anna Delin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7788-6127)
- Boby Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-7540)
- Muthukumaran Sundaramoorthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5406-7516)
- C. S. Lue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-9253)
- K. A. Irshad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2790-6430)
- Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-5279)
- S. Arumugam
- Govindaraj Lingannan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5442-2263)
- Vladislav Borisov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-2196)
- Olle Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5111-1374)
- Masaki Mito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-9745)
- R. Klingeler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8816-9614)
- F. L. Carstens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9325-4079)
- Alexy Bertrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8319-7624)
- Chia Nung Kuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1382-0610)
- Nabeel M. Jasim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4352-5429)
Institutions
- 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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/dxzf-fx8k
- Primary Topic
- Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00