X-ray-induced disordering of the dimerization pattern and apparent low-temperature enhancement of lattice symmetry in spinel CuIr$_2$S$_4$

ArXiv cond-mat/0209072 (2002)

Authors:

H Ishibashi, TY Koo, YS Hor, A Borissov, Y Horibe, PG Radaelli, S-W Cheong, V Kiryukhin

Abstract:

At low temperatures, spinel CuIr$_2$S$_4$ is a charge-ordered spin-dimerized insulator with triclinic lattice symmetry. We find that x-rays induce a structural transition in which the local triclinic structure is preserved, but the average lattice symmetry becomes tetragonal. These structural changes are accompanied by a thousandfold reduction in the electrical resistivity. The transition is persistent, but the original state can be restored by thermal annealing. We argue that x-ray irradiation disorders the lattice dimerization pattern, producing a state in which the orientation of the dimers is preserved, but the translational long-range order is destroyed.

X-ray-induced disordering of the dimerization pattern and apparent low-temperature enhancement of lattice symmetry in spinel CuIr$_2$S$_4$

(2002)

Authors:

H Ishibashi, TY Koo, YS Hor, A Borissov, Y Horibe, PG Radaelli, S-W Cheong, V Kiryukhin

Chemistry of the Naturally Layered Manganites: Prospects for New Materials

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2002) 55-55

Authors:

PD Battle, J Lago, JE Millburn, MJ Rosseinsky, LE Spring, JF Vente, SJ Blundell, W Hayes, AK Klehe, A Milhut, J Singleton, PG Radaelli

Combined X-ray and neutron powder refinement of the magnetite (Fe3O4) structure below the Verwey transition

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) 58:s1 (2002) c158-c158

Authors:

JP Attfield, JP Wright, PG Radaelli

Imaging the competition between charge-ordered and charge-delocalised states in Pr0.65(CaySr1−y)0.35MnO3

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) 58:s1 (2002) c144-c144

Authors:

GR Blake, PG Radaelli, M Gutmann, DN Argyriou, JF Mitchell