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Tunable thermal expansion and magnetism in Zr-doped ScF3

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4966958· OSTI ID:1393191
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  1. Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing (China)
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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The negative thermal expansion (NTE) behavior provides us an opportunity to design materials with controllable coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). In this letter, we report a tunable isotropic thermal expansion in the cubic (Sc1-xZrx)F3+δ over a wide temperature and CTE range ($$α$$l = -4.0 to+ 16.8 x 10-6 K-1, 298–648 K). The thermal expansion can be well adjusted from strong negative to zero, and finally to large positive. Intriguingly, isotropic zero thermal expansion ($$α$$l = 2.6 x 10-7 K-1, 298–648 K) has been observed in the composition of (Sc0.8Zr0.2)F3+δ. The controllable thermal expansion in (Sc1-xZrx)F3+δ is correlated to the local structural distortion. Interestingly, the ordered magnetic behavior has been found in the zero thermal expansion compound of (Sc0.8Zr0.2)F3+δ at room temperature, which presumably correlates with the unpaired electron of the lower chemical valence of Zr cation. We conclude the present study provides a useful reference to control the thermal expansion and explore the multi-functionalization for NTE materials.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1393191
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 109; ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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