Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator ${\mathrm{MnS}}_{2}$

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Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator ${MnS}_{2}$

Dylan Durkee, Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon, G. Alexander Smith, Elliot Snider, Dean Smith, Christian Childs, Simon A. J. Kimber, Keith V. Lawler, Ranga P. Dias, and Ashkan Salamat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 – Published 30 June 2021; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 129901 (2023); Retraction Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 079902 (2023)

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This article has been retracted: see Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 079902 (2023)

A reversible density driven insulator to metal to insulator transition in high-spin ${MnS}_{2}$ is experimentally observed, leading with a colossal electrical resistance drop of $10^{8} Ω$ by 12 GPa. Density functional theory simulations reveal the metallization to be unexpectedly driven by previously unoccupied $S_{2}^{2 -}$ $σ_{3 p}^{*}$ antibonding states crossing the Fermi level. This is a unique variant of the charge transfer insulator to metal transition for negative charge transfer insulators having anions with an unsaturated valence. By 36 GPa the emergence of the low-spin insulating arsenopyrite ( $P 2_{1} / c$ ) is confirmed, and the bulk metallicity is broken with the system returning to an insulative electronic state.

Received 9 February 2021
Revised 8 April 2021
Accepted 4 June 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.016401

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Electrical conductivity Electronic structure Phase diagrams

Mott insulators

Crystallography Density functional theory Raman spectroscopy

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Errata

Expression of Concern: Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator $M n S_{2}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 (2021)]

Randall D. Kamien

Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 129901 (2023)

Retraction: Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator ${MnS}_{2}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 (2021)]

Dylan Durkee, Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon, G. Alexander Smith, Elliot Snider, Dean Smith, Christian Childs, Simon A. J. Kimber, Keith V. Lawler, and Ashkan Salamat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 079902 (2023)

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Dylan Durkee^1,§, Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon², G. Alexander Smith³, Elliot Snider⁴, Dean Smith ^1,5, Christian Childs ¹, Simon A. J. Kimber⁶, Keith V. Lawler ^3,*, Ranga P. Dias^2,4,†, and Ashkan Salamat ^1,‡

¹Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, USA
²Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
³Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, USA
⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
⁵HPCAT, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
⁶Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Université de Bourgogne, ICB-Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Bâtiment Sciences Mirande, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, B-P. 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France

^*keith.lawler@unlv.edu
^†rdias@rochester.edu
^‡salamat@physics.unlv.edu
^§Present address: Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA

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Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator MnS2

Dylan Durkee, Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon, G. Alexander Smith, Elliot Snider, Dean Smith, Christian Childs, Simon A. J. Kimber, Keith V. Lawler, Ranga P. Dias, and Ashkan Salamat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 – Published 30 June 2021; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 129901 (2023); Retraction Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 079902 (2023)

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Expression of Concern: Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator MnS2 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 (2021)]

Randall D. Kamien

Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 129901 (2023)

Retraction: Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator MnS2 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 (2021)]

Dylan Durkee, Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon, G. Alexander Smith, Elliot Snider, Dean Smith, Christian Childs, Simon A. J. Kimber, Keith V. Lawler, and Ashkan Salamat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 079902 (2023)

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Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator ${MnS}_{2}$

Expression of Concern: Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator $M n S_{2}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 (2021)]

Retraction: Colossal Density-Driven Resistance Response in the Negative Charge Transfer Insulator ${MnS}_{2}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 016401 (2021)]