- Campbell, Daniel J;
- Brubaker, Zachary E;
- Roncaioli, Connor;
- Saraf, Prathum;
- Xiao, Yuming;
- Chow, Paul;
- Kenney-Benson, Curtis;
- Popov, Dmitry;
- Zieve, Rena J;
- Jeffries, Jason R;
- Paglione, Johnpierre
We report the results of high-pressure X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption, and electrical transport measurements of the Kondo insulator (KI) Ce3Bi4Pt3 up to 42 GPa, the highest pressure reached in the study of any Ce-based KI. We observe a smooth decrease in volume and movement toward intermediate Ce valence with pressure, both of which point to increased electron correlations. Despite this, temperature-dependent resistance data show the suppression of the interaction-driven ambient pressure insulating ground state. We also discuss potential ramifications of these results for the predicted topological KI state.