Emil Bozin, Brookhaven National Lab

Unmasking of the High Temperature Orbital Precursors in Quantum Materials

The rich physics associated with the emergence of technologically relevant quantum orders in materials stems from complex interaction of electronic charge, spin, and orbitals, and their coupling to the host lattice. In transition metal systems with partial filling of d-manifolds novel properties often engage the orbital sector. Systems exhibiting orbital degeneracy and/or electronic frustration imposed by their lattice topology are particularly interesting, as orbitals couple both to the spin, via electronic interactions, and to the lattice, via Jahn-Teller mechanisms.