Long-range modulation of a composite crystal in a five-dimensional superspace

Guerin, Laurent; Mariette, Celine; Rabiller, Philippe; Huard, Michael; Ravy, Sylvain; Fertey, Pierre; Nichols, Shane M.; Wang, Bo; Mannsfeld, Stefan C. B.; Weber, Thomas; Hollingsworth, Mark D.; Toudic, Bertrand

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.184101

Title: Long-range modulation of a composite crystal in a five-dimensional superspace

Journal Article · Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.184101· OSTI ID:1343611

Guerin, Laurent ^[1]; Mariette, Celine ^[1]; Rabiller, Philippe ^[1]; Huard, Michael ^[1]; Ravy, Sylvain ^[2]; Fertey, Pierre ^[2]; Nichols, Shane M. ^[3]; Wang, Bo ^[3]; Mannsfeld, Stefan C. B. ^[4]; Weber, Thomas ^[5]; Hollingsworth, Mark D. ^[3]; Toudic, Bertrand ^[1]

Univ. de Rennes, Rennes (France)
Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex (France)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Dresden Univ. of Technology, Dresden (Germany)
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)

The intergrowth crystal of n-tetracosane/urea presents a misfit parameter, defined by the ratio γ = c_h/c_g (c_host/c_guest), that is very close to a commensurate value (γ ≅ 1/3). High-resolution diffraction studies presented here reveal an aperiodic misfit parameter of γ = 0.3369, which is found to be constant at all temperatures studied. A complex sequence of structural phases is reported. The high temperature phase (phase I) exists in the four-dimensional superspace group P6₁22(00γ). At T_c1 = 179(1) K, a ferroelastic phase transition increases the dimension of the crystallographic superspace. This orthorhombic phase (phase II) is characterized by the five-dimensional (5D) superspace group C222₁(00γ)(10δ) with a modulation vector a_o* + c_m* = a_o* + δ · c_h*, in which the supplementary misfit parameter is δ = 0.025(1) in host reciprocal units. Finally, this corresponds to the appearance of a modulation of very long period (about 440 ± 16 Å). At T_c2 = 163.0(5) K, a 5D to 5D phase transition leads to the crystallographic superspace group P2₁2₁2₁(00γ)(00δ) with a very similar value of δ. This phase transition reveals a significant hysteresis effect.

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Research Organization:: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1343611

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1179707

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 18; ISSN 1098-0121

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