scholarly journals Kinetics of a Phonon-Mediated Laser-Driven Structural Phase Transition in Sn2P2Se6

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
Martin Kubli ◽  
Matteo Savoini ◽  
Elsa Abreu ◽  
Bulat Burganov ◽  
Gabriel Lantz ◽  
...  

We investigate the structural dynamics of the incommensurately modulated phase of Sn 2P 2Se 6 by means of time-resolved X-ray diffraction following excitation by an optical pump. Tracking the incommensurable distortion in the time domain enables us to identify the transport effects leading to a complete disappearance of the incommensurate phase over the course of 100 ns. These observations suggest that a thin surface layer of the high-temperature phase forms quickly after photo-excitation and then propagates into the material with a constant velocity of 3.7 m/s. Complementary static structural measurements reveal previously unreported higher-order satellite reflection in the incommensurate phase. These higher-order reflections are attributed to cubic vibrational terms in the Hamiltonian.

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 701-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oxana V. Magdysyuk ◽  
Melanie Müller ◽  
Robert E. Dinnebier ◽  
Christian Lipp ◽  
Thomas Schleid

The high-temperature phase transition of LuF[SeO3] has been characterized by time-resolved high-resolution synchrotron powder diffraction. On heating, a second-order structural phase transition was found at 393 K, while on cooling the same phase transition occurs at 371 K, showing a large hysteresis typical for a first-order phase transition. Detailed analysis using sequential and parametric whole powder pattern fitting revealed that the coupling between the strain and the displacive order parameter determines the behaviour of the material during the phase transition. Different possible coupling mechanisms have been evaluated and the most probable rationalized.


2007 ◽  
Vol 558-559 ◽  
pp. 943-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Otterstein ◽  
R. Nicula ◽  
J. Bednarčík ◽  
M. Stir ◽  
E. Burkel

Quasicrystals are aperiodic long-range ordered solids with a high potential for many modern applications. Interest is nowadays paid to the development of economically viable large-scale synthesis procedures of quasicrystalline materials involving solid-state transformations. The kinetics of the high-temperature phase transition from the complex ω-phase to the icosahedral quasicrystalline (iQC) ψ-phase in AlCuFe nanopowders was here examined by in-situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction experiments using synchrotron radiation. In-situ XRD experiments will allow insight on the influence of uniaxial applied pressure on the kinetics of phase transitions leading to the formation of single-phase QC nanopowders and further contribute to the optimization of sintering procedures for nano-quasicrystalline AlCuFe alloy powders.


Author(s):  
Yuan Chen ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Binzu Gao ◽  
Chuli Zhu ◽  
Zunqi Liu

Two novel inorganic–organic hybrid supramolecular assemblies, namely, (4-HNA)(18-crown-6)(HSO4) (1) and (4-HNA)2(18-crown-6)2(PF6)2(CH3OH) (2) (4-HNA = 4-nitroanilinium), were synthesized and characterized by infrared spectroscopy, single X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and temperature-dependent dielectric measurements. The two compounds underwent reversible phase transitions at about 255 K and 265 K, respectively. These phase transitions were revealed and confirmed by the thermal anomalies in DSC measurements and abrupt dielectric anomalies during heating. The phase transition may have originated from the [(4-HNA)(18-crown-6)]+ supramolecular cation. The inorganic anions tuned the crystal packings and thus influenced the phase-transition points and types. The variable-temperature X-ray diffraction data for crystal 1 revealed the occurrence of a phase transition in the high-temperature phase with the space group of P21/c and in the low-temperature phase with the space group of P21/n. Crystal 2 exhibited the same space group P21/c at different temperatures. The results indicated that crystals 1 and 2 both underwent an iso-structural phase transition.


1995 ◽  
Vol 398 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.R. Kachelmyer ◽  
A. Varma ◽  
I.O. Khomenko ◽  
A.S. Rogachev ◽  
A.G. Merzhanov

ABSTRACTTwo complementary experimental techniques are presented that describe the mechanisms during the combustion synthesis of NiAl and Ti5Si3. The first involves quenching a reacting wedge-shaped sample imbedded in a copper block where the propagating combustion front extinguishes while traveling to the apex. The second technique, time-resolved X-ray diffraction (TRXRD), provides a direct in-situ observation of the sequence of high temperature phase transformations. The information obtained from this investigation will be useful in developing improved process models of combustion synthesis, which can lead to the production of advanced materials with tailored microstructure and properties.


1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (a1) ◽  
pp. C364-C364
Author(s):  
J. A. Guevara ◽  
S. L. Cuffini ◽  
Y. P. Mascarenhas ◽  
P. de la Presa ◽  
A. Ayala ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Rössle ◽  
Wolfram Leitenberger ◽  
Matthias Reinhardt ◽  
Azize Koç ◽  
Jan Pudell ◽  
...  

The time-resolved hard X-ray diffraction endstation KMC-3 XPP for optical pump/X-ray probe experiments at the electron storage ring BESSY II is dedicated to investigating the structural response of thin film samples and heterostructures after their excitation with ultrashort laser pulses and/or electric field pulses. It enables experiments with access to symmetric and asymmetric Bragg reflections via a four-circle diffractometer and it is possible to keep the sample in high vacuum and vary the sample temperature between ∼15 K and 350 K. The femtosecond laser system permanently installed at the beamline allows for optical excitation of the sample at 1028 nm. A non-linear optical setup enables the sample excitation also at 514 nm and 343 nm. A time-resolution of 17 ps is achieved with the `low-α' operation mode of the storage ring and an electronic variation of the delay between optical pump and hard X-ray probe pulse conveniently accesses picosecond to microsecond timescales. Direct time-resolved detection of the diffracted hard X-ray synchrotron pulses use a gated area pixel detector or a fast point detector in single photon counting mode. The range of experiments that are reliably conducted at the endstation and that detect structural dynamics of samples excited by laser pulses or electric fields are presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 2248-2249
Author(s):  
M. Ramírez-Cardona ◽  
M.P. Falcón-León ◽  
G. Luis-Raya ◽  
G. Mejía-Hernández ◽  
R. Arceo ◽  
...  

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