scholarly journals Ferroic Multipolar Order and Disorder in Cyanoelpasolite Molecular Perovskites

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Coates ◽  
Harry Gray ◽  
Johnathan Bulled ◽  
Hanna Boström ◽  
Arkadiy Simonov ◽  
...  

<div>We use a combination of variable-temperature high-resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction measurements and Monte Carlo simulations to characterise the evolution of two different types of ferroic multipolar order in a series of cyano elpasolite molecular perovskites. We show that ferroquadrupolar order in [C3N2H5]2Rb[Co(CN)6] is a first-order process that is well described by a 4-state Potts model on the simple cubic lattice. Likewise, ferrooctupolar order in [NMe4]2B[Co(CN)6] (B = K, Rb, Cs) also emerges via a first-order transition that now corresponds to a 6-state Potts model. Hence, for these particular cases, the dominant symmetry breaking mechanisms are well understood in terms of simple statistical mechanical models. By varying composition, we find that the effective coupling between multipolar degrees of freedom—and hence the temperature at which ferromultipolar order emerges—can be tuned in a chemically sensible manner.</div><div><br></div>

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Coates ◽  
Harry Gray ◽  
Johnathan Bulled ◽  
Hanna Boström ◽  
Arkadiy Simonov ◽  
...  

<div>We use a combination of variable-temperature high-resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction measurements and Monte Carlo simulations to characterise the evolution of two different types of ferroic multipolar order in a series of cyano elpasolite molecular perovskites. We show that ferroquadrupolar order in [C3N2H5]2Rb[Co(CN)6] is a first-order process that is well described by a 4-state Potts model on the simple cubic lattice. Likewise, ferrooctupolar order in [NMe4]2B[Co(CN)6] (B = K, Rb, Cs) also emerges via a first-order transition that now corresponds to a 6-state Potts model. Hence, for these particular cases, the dominant symmetry breaking mechanisms are well understood in terms of simple statistical mechanical models. By varying composition, we find that the effective coupling between multipolar degrees of freedom—and hence the temperature at which ferromultipolar order emerges—can be tuned in a chemically sensible manner.</div><div><br></div>


Author(s):  
C. S. Coates ◽  
H. J. Gray ◽  
J. M. Bulled ◽  
H. L. B. Boström ◽  
A. Simonov ◽  
...  

We use a combination of variable-temperature high-resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction measurements and Monte Carlo simulations to characterize the evolution of two different types of ferroic multipolar order in a series of cyanoelpasolite molecular perovskites. We show that ferroquadrupolar order in [C 3 N 2 H 5 ] 2 Rb[Co(CN) 6 ] is a first-order process that is well described by a four-state Potts model on the simple cubic lattice. Likewise, ferrooctupolar order in [NMe 4 ] 2 B[Co(CN) 6 ] (B = K, Rb, Cs) also emerges via a first-order transition that now corresponds to a six-state Potts model. Hence, for these particular cases, the dominant symmetry breaking mechanisms are well understood in terms of simple statistical mechanical models. By varying composition, we find that the effective coupling between multipolar degrees of freedom—and hence the temperature at which ferromultipolar order emerges—can be tuned in a chemically sensible manner. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Mineralomimesis: natural and synthetic frameworks in science and technology’.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Johansson ◽  
Mats-Erik Pistol

In this investigation we show that the entropy of the two-dimensional infinite-state Potts model is linear in configurational energy in the thermodynamic limit. This is a direct consequence of the local convexity of the microcanonical entropy, associated with a finite system undergoing a first-order transition. For a sufficiently large number of states , this convexity spans the entire energy range of the model. In the thermodynamic limit, the convexity becomes insignificant, and the microcanonical entropy (the logarithm of the density of states) tends to a straight line. In order to demonstrate the behaviour of the convexity, we use the Wang-Landau Monte-Carlo technique to numerically calculate the density of states for a few finite but high values of . Finally, we calculate the free energy and discuss the generality of our results.


1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (25) ◽  
pp. 3921-3933 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARRY M. McCOY

In the past 30 years there have been extensive discoveries in the theory of integrable statistical mechanical models including the discovery of nonlinear differential equations for Ising model correlation functions, the theory of random impurities, level crossing transitions in the chiral Potts model and the use of Rogers–Ramanujan identities to generalize our concepts of Bose/Fermi statistics. Each of these advances has led to the further discovery of major unsolved problems of great mathematical and physical interest. I will here discuss the mathematical advances, the physical insights and extraordinary lack of visibility of this field of physics.


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