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Title: Strain-affected ferroelastic domain walls in RbMnFe charge-transfer materials undergoing collective Jahn–Teller distortion

Journal Article · · RSC Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra06397j · OSTI ID:2476088
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  1. University of Rennes (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rennes (France). Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory (DYNACOM); University of Tokyo (Japan)
  2. University of Tsukuba (Japan)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
  4. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
  5. University of Rennes (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rennes (France). Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory (DYNACOM); University of Tokyo (Japan)
  6. University of Rennes (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rennes (France). Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory (DYNACOM); University of Tokyo (Japan); University of Tsukuba (Japan)
  7. University of Rennes (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rennes (France). Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory (DYNACOM); University of Tokyo (Japan); Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris (France)

Many rubidium manganese hexacyanoferrate materials, with the general formula RbxMn[Fe(CN)6](x+2)/3·zH2O, exhibit diverse charge-transfer-based functionalities due to the bistability between a high temperature MnII(S = 5/2)FeIII(S = 1/2) cubic phase and a low-temperature MnIII(S = 2)FeII(S = 0) tetragonal phase. The collective Jahn–Teller distortion on the Mn sites is responsible for the cubic-to-tetragonal ferroelastic phase transition, which is associated with the appearance of ferroelastic domains. In this study, we use X-ray diffraction to reveal the coexistence of 3 types of ferroelastic tetragonal domains and estimate the spatial extension of the strain around the domain walls, which represents about 30% of the volume of the crystal.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
2476088
Journal Information:
RSC Advances, Journal Name: RSC Advances Journal Issue: 47 Vol. 14; ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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