Jahn-Teller metals represent a distinct electronic state of matter driven by orbital degeneracy removal.
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Jahn-Teller metals and related electronic states are well-established phenomena driven fundamentally by the removal of electronic orbital degeneracy through local lattice symmetry breaking.
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Stability of polyatomic molecules in degenerate electronic states - I—Orbital degeneracy
1937 · cited by 2,593
Establishes the foundational theoretical principle that electronic orbital degeneracy in polyatomic systems is unstable and removed via nuclear displacements (the Jahn-Teller effect).
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Ultrafast Formation of Jahn-Teller Polarons Revealed by State-Selective Excitation in Correlated Spinel Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>.
2026 · cited by 1
Demonstrates that Jahn-Teller polarons and associated symmetry breaking fundamentally alter electronic and optical behavior in correlated transition metal oxides.
Investigation of the Jahn-Teller Transition in TiF3 using Density Functional Theory
2003 · cited by 1
Shows how lifting orbital degeneracy through correlation and symmetry breaking creates distinct insulating and orbitally ordered ground states (Jahn-Teller transitions).
Jahn-Teller Distortions in Pseudo-Octahedral Low-Spin Ni(III) Complexes With O,O or N,N Bidentate Ligands: A DFT Study.
2026 · cited by 0
Confirms that open-shell transition metal complexes undergo structural distortions driven specifically by the removal of orbital degeneracy in frontier orbitals.