Pair distribution functions from neutron total scattering for the study of local structure in disordered materials

MT Dove, G Li - Nuclear Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of pulsed spallation sources of neutrons in recent years has come the
possibility to generate intense beams of higher energy than possible at reactor sources. This …

Inorganic Metal Thiocyanates

MJ Cliffe - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metal thiocyanates were some of the first pseudohalide compounds to be discovered and
adopt a diverse range of structures. This review describes the structures, properties, and …

A frustrated antipolar phase analogous to classical spin liquids

G Bastien, D Repček, A Eliáš, A Kancko… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The study of magnetic frustration in classical spin systems is motivated by the prediction and
discovery of classical spin liquid states. These uncommon magnetic phases are …

Tuning electronic and phononic states with hidden order in disordered crystals

N Roth, AL Goodwin - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Disorder in crystals is rarely random, and instead involves local correlations whose
presence and nature are hidden from conventional crystallographic probes. This hidden …

Negative X-ray expansion in cadmium cyanide

CS Coates, CA Murray, HLB Boström… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cadmium cyanide, Cd (CN) 2, is a flexible coordination polymer best studied for its strong
and isotropic negative thermal expansion (NTE) effect. Here we show that this NTE is …

Portable Hyperpolarized Xe-129 Apparatus with Long-Time Stable Polarization Mediated by Adaptable Rb Vapor Density

R Stäglich, TW Kemnitzer, MC Harder… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The extraordinary sensitivity of 129Xe, hyperpolarized by spin-exchange optical pumping, is
essential for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in life and materials sciences …

Relaxor unveils geometrical frustration

MV Talanov, LA Avakyan, VI Kozlov, SA Ivanov… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
For over a century, materials science has been focused on comparing magnetism and
ferroelectricity, revealing similarities in order types, domains, hysteresis, and responses to …

Fragmented Spin Ice and Multi- Ordering in Rare-Earth Antiperovskites

A Szabó, F Orlandi, P Manuel - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We study near-neighbor and dipolar Ising models on a lattice of corner-sharing octahedra. In
an extended parameter range of both models, frustration between antiferromagnetism and a …

Cation Adaptive Structures Based on Manganese Cyanide Prussian Blue Analogues: Application of Powder Diffraction Data to Solve Complex, Unprecedented …

JS Miller, PW Stephens - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A Mn (II) salt and A+ CN− under anaerobic conditions react to form 2‐D and 3‐D extended
structured compounds of AmMnIIn (CN) m+ 2n stoichiometry. Here, the creation and …

Negative thermal expansion in transition-metal dicyanides: the hidden role of the underlying diamondoid framework

Q Guéroult, J Bulled, H Patteson, C Coates… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The transition-metal dicyanides M (CN) $ _2 $(M= Zn, Cd) are amongst the most important
negative thermal expansion (NTE) materials known, favoured for the magnitude, isotropy …