Suppression of temperature hysteresis in negative thermal expansion compound BiNiFeO and zero-thermal expansion composite

Nabetani, Koichiro*; Muramatsu, Yuya*; Oka, Kengo*; Nakano, Kiho*; Hojo, Hajime*; Mizumaki, Masaichiro*; Agui, Akane; Higo, Yuji*; Hayashi, Naoaki*; Takano, Mikio*; et al.

Applied Physics Letters, 106(6), p.061912_1 - 061912_5, 2015/02

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4908258

Negative thermal expansion (NTE) of BiNiFeO is investigated by dilatometric curves, synchrotron X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. All samples (x=0.05-0.15) shows large NTE with the coefficient of linear thermal expansion which induced by charge transfer between Bi and Ni in the controlled temperature range near room temperature. Compared with BiLnNiO (Ln: rare-earth elements), the thermal hysteresis that causes a problem for practical application is suppressed because random distribution of Fe in the Ni site changes the first order transition to second order-like transition.