Structural Evolution of BaVS3 Under Pressure

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 661-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alka B. Garg ◽  
Viswanathan Vijayakumar ◽  
Amitava Choudhury ◽  
Hans D. Hochheimer
Keyword(s):  
Structural Transition ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Structural Phase Transitions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Pressure Derivative ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
A Value ◽  
Murnaghan Equation

Results of a high-pressure angle dispersive X-ray diffraction and electrical resistance study on quasi one-dimensional BaVS3 are reported. They show that no structural transition occurs up to 26 GPa. However, there is evidence of gradual disordering indicated by the broadening of the diffraction lines. p-V data fitted to a Birch-Murnaghan equation of state yields a value of the room-temperature, ambient-pressure bulk modulus of 77.3 GPa with a pressure derivative of 4.03. It is proposed that under compression structural phase transitions resulting from static displacements of V ions that are observed at low temperature are suppressed. Instead, a partial “polymerization” of V ions that is dynamic in nature and allows enhanced hopping conduction, starts near 3 GPa and saturates above 15 GPa.

scholarly journals Can quasicrystals survive in planetary collisions?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Stagno ◽  
Luca Bindi ◽  
Sota Takagi ◽  
Atsushi Kyono
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Volume Data ◽  
Pressure Derivative ◽  
Pressure Medium ◽  
History Of ◽  
Diamond Anvil ◽  
State Models ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Murnaghan Equation

AbstractWe investigated the compressional behavior of i-AlCuFe quasicrystal using diamond anvil cell under quasi-hydrostatic conditions by in situ angle-dispersive X-ray powder diffraction measurements (in both compression and decompression) up to 76 GPa at ambient temperature using neon as pressure medium. These data were compared with those collected up to 104 GPa using KCl as pressure medium available in literature. In general, both sets of data indicate that individual d-spacing shows a continuous decrease with pressure with no drastic changes associated to structural phase transformations or amorphization. The d/d0, where d0 is the d-spacing at ambient pressure, showed a general isotropic compression behavior. The zero-pressure bulk modulus and its pressure derivative were calculated fitting the volume data to both the Murnaghan- and Birch-Murnaghan equation of state models. Results from this study extend our knowledge on the stability of icosahedrite at very high pressure and reinforce the evidence that natural quasicrystals formed during a shock event in asteroidal collisions and survived for eons in the history of the Solar System.

Temperature-induced structural phase transitions in RERhSn (RE = Y, Gd-Tm, Lu)

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Engelbert ◽  
Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann ◽  
Jutta Kösters ◽  
Steffen Klenner ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Structural Phase Transitions ◽  
Line Broadening ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
X Ray

Abstract The structures of the equiatomic stannides RERhSn with the smaller rare earth elements Y, Gd-Tm and Lu were reinvestigated on the basis of temperature-dependent single crystal X-ray diffraction data. GdRhSn crystallizes with the aristotype ZrNiAl at 293 and 90 K. For RE = Y, Tb, Ho and Er the HP-CeRuSn type (approximant with space group R3m) is already formed at room temperature, while DyRhSn adopts the HP-CeRuSn type below 280 K. TmRhSn and LuRhSn show incommensurate modulated variants with superspace groups P31m(1/3; 1/3; γ) 000 (No. 157.1.23.1) (γ = 3/8 for TmRhSn and γ = 2/5 for LuRhSn). The driving force for superstructure formation (modulation) is a strengthening of Rh–Sn bonding. The modulation is expressed in a 119Sn Mössbauer spectrum of DyRhSn at 78 K through line broadening.

scholarly journals Structural and optical study of the phase transitions in Lead Hafnate, PbHfO3

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C58-C58
Author(s):  
Steven Huband ◽  
Anthony Glazer ◽  
Krystian Roleder ◽  
Andrzej Majchrowski ◽  
Pam Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Orthorhombic Phase ◽  
Temperature Hysteresis ◽  
Structural Phase Transitions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Fundamental Understanding ◽  
Distinct Temperature

Lead Hafnate undergoes two structural phase transitions as a function of temperature. The first occurs at about 1630C, consisting of a transition from an antiferroelectric orthorhombic Pbam structure [1] to another antiferroelectric orthorhombic phase with an as-yet undetermined space group. The second is to a paraelectric cubic Pm3m structure at 2090C. Dielectric spectroscopy measurements on a single crystal have shown a distinct temperature hysteresis at the orthorhombic to orthorhombic transition [2]. Recently, dielectric measurements on a ceramic sample have shown a much larger temperature hysteresis and following x-ray diffraction measurements, it is suggested that the second orthorhombic phase is in space group A2mm and undergoes another transition to a tetragonal P4mm structure before the cubic transition [3]. We report on the results of an investigation of a PbHfO3crystal using a combination of high-resolution x-ray diffraction and birefringence imaging measurements with the Metripol system. These measurements have been performed as a function of temperature from the room-temperature orthorhombic structure to the high-temperature cubic structure. The results are discussed both in the context of the published work and fundamental understanding of the origin of antiferroelectricity.

X-ray diffraction and Raman study of DL-alanine at high pressure: revision of phase transitions

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay A. Tumanov ◽  
Elena V. Boldyreva
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Group Symmetry ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Structural Phase Transitions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Raman Study

The effect of pressure on DL-alanine has been studied by X-ray powder diffraction (up to 8.3 GPa), single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy (up to ∼ 6 GPa). No structural phase transitions have been observed. At ∼ 1.5–2 GPa, cell parameters b and c become accidentally equal to each other, but the space-group symmetry does not change. There is no phase transition between 1.7 and 2.3 GPa, contrary to what has been reported earlier [Belo et al. (2010). Vibr. Spectrosc. 54, 107–111]. The presence of the second phase transition, which was claimed to appear within the pressure range from 6.0 to 7.3 GPa (Belo et al., 2010), is also argued. The changes in the Raman spectra have been shown to be continuous in all the pressure ranges studied.

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