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Title: Pressure–Temperature Phase Diagram Reveals Spin–Lattice Interactions in Co[N(CN) 2 ] 2

Abstract

Diamond anvil cell techniques, synchrotron-based infrared and Raman spectroscopies, and lattice dynamics calculations are combined with prior magnetic property work to reveal the pressure–temperature phase diagram of Co[N(CN)2]2. The second-order structural boundaries converge on key areas of activity involving the spin state exposing how the pressure-induced local lattice distortions trigger the ferromagnetic → antiferromagnetic transition in this quantum material.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
  2. Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230, United States
  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington 99004, United States
  4. Texas Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
  5. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 20015, United States
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
OSTI Identifier:
1409589
Report Number(s):
BNL-114641-2017-JA¿¿¿
Journal ID: ISSN 0020-1669
DOE Contract Number:
SC0012704
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry; Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Musfeldt, J. L., O’Neal, K. R., Brinzari, T. V., Chen, P., Schlueter, J. A., Manson, J. L., Litvinchuk, A. P., and Liu, Z. Pressure–Temperature Phase Diagram Reveals Spin–Lattice Interactions in Co[N(CN) 2 ] 2. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b03097.
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Musfeldt, J. L., O’Neal, K. R., Brinzari, T. V., Chen, P., Schlueter, J. A., Manson, J. L., Litvinchuk, A. P., & Liu, Z. Pressure–Temperature Phase Diagram Reveals Spin–Lattice Interactions in Co[N(CN) 2 ] 2. United States. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b03097.
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Musfeldt, J. L., O’Neal, K. R., Brinzari, T. V., Chen, P., Schlueter, J. A., Manson, J. L., Litvinchuk, A. P., and Liu, Z. Fri . "Pressure–Temperature Phase Diagram Reveals Spin–Lattice Interactions in Co[N(CN) 2 ] 2". United States. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b03097.
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@article{osti_1409589,
title = {Pressure–Temperature Phase Diagram Reveals Spin–Lattice Interactions in Co[N(CN) 2 ] 2},
author = {Musfeldt, J. L. and O’Neal, K. R. and Brinzari, T. V. and Chen, P. and Schlueter, J. A. and Manson, J. L. and Litvinchuk, A. P. and Liu, Z.},
abstractNote = {Diamond anvil cell techniques, synchrotron-based infrared and Raman spectroscopies, and lattice dynamics calculations are combined with prior magnetic property work to reveal the pressure–temperature phase diagram of Co[N(CN)2]2. The second-order structural boundaries converge on key areas of activity involving the spin state exposing how the pressure-induced local lattice distortions trigger the ferromagnetic → antiferromagnetic transition in this quantum material.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b03097},
journal = {Inorganic Chemistry},
number = 9,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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