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Holm-Janas, S.*; 赤木 暢*; Fogh, E.*; 木原 工*; Le, M. D.*; Forino, P. C.*; Nikitin, S. E.*; Fennell, T.*; Painganoor, A.*; Vaknin, D.*; et al.
Physical Review B, 109(17), p.174413_1 - 174413_11, 2024/05
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)We investigate the magnetic structure and magnetoelectric (ME) effect in the high-field phase of the antiferromagnet LiFePO above the critical field of 31 T. A neutron diffraction study in pulsed magnetic fields reveals the propagation vector to be q = 0 for the high-field magnetic structure. In addition, neutron diffraction measurements in low magnetic fields show no observable field-induced spin canting, which indicates negligible Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. The observed spin-flop field supports the Hamiltonian recently deduced from inelastic neutron studies and indicates that the system is less frustrated and with a larger single-ion anisotropy than originally thought. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of combining pulsed-field neutron diffraction and electric polarization measurements to elucidate the magnetic structures and symmetries at the highest attainable field strengths.
Li, B.; Wang, H.*; 川北 至信; Zhang, Q.*; Feygenson, M.*; Yu, H. L.*; Wu, D.*; 尾原 幸治*; 菊地 龍弥*; 柴田 薫; et al.
Nature Materials, 17(3), p.226 - 230, 2018/03
被引用回数：155 パーセンタイル：97.17(Chemistry, Physical)As a generic property, all substances transfer heat through microscopic collisions of constituent particles. A solid conducts heat through both transverse and longitudinal acoustic phonons, but a liquid employs only longitudinal vibrations. As a result, a solid is usually thermally more conductive than a liquid. In canonical viewpoints, such a difference also serves as the dynamic signature distinguishing a solid from a liquid. Here, we report liquid-like thermal conduction observed in the crystalline AgCrSe
. The transverse acoustic phonons are completely suppressed by the ultrafast dynamic disorder while the longitudinal acoustic phonons are strongly scattered but survive, and are thus responsible for the intrinsically ultralow thermal conductivity. This scenario is applicable to a wide variety of layered compounds with heavy intercalants in the van der Waals gaps, manifesting a broad implication on suppressing thermal conduction. These microscopic insights might reshape the fundamental understanding on thermal transport properties of matter and open up a general opportunity to optimize performances of thermoelectrics.
Li, B.; Feygenson, M.*; 尾原 幸治*; Zhang, Q.*; Vaknin, D.*; 山田 武*; Miao, P.*; 神山 崇*; 川北 至信
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Very recently, superionic AgCrSe was reported as a new thermoelectric material because of its record-low thermal conductivity. To understand the origin of such low thermal conductivity, we measured the powder sample of AgCrSe at NOMAD of Spallation Neutron Source and BL04B2 of SPring-8. The diffraction data and pair distribution functions were obtained as a function of temperature from both neutron and X-ray experiments. In this presentation, I will report the crystal structure and local structure of this compound. This compound undergoes a second-order transition at 170
C from R-3m to R3m and can be described by 2D Ising model. The lattice constant c and Debye-Waller factor U11 of Ag exhibit significant change at the transition. The weaker Ag-Se bonding is seen from the pair distribution functions above this transition. At the same time, the pair distribution function beyond 
80 Angstrom becomes very different above this transition. This implies there is mesoscale inhomogenousity and might be related to the low thermal conductivity.
