Magnetic-field tunable negative thermal expansion in layered oxyselenide BiOCuSe

Sunil K. Karna, Wen Hsien Li, Chun Ming Wu, Chin Wei Wang, Chi Yen Li, Raman Sankar, Fang Cheng Chou

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Abstract

We report on the observation of a magnetic-field-tunable negative thermal expansion in layered oxyselenides. The crystalline unit cell of BiOCuSe contracts upon warming from 180 to 200K. This effect can be enlarged by the application of a magnetic field. Negative thermal expansion occurs at higher temperatures to appear between 240 and 260K, with a larger effect, in the 4% Cu-deficient BiOCu0:96Se. The negative thermal expansion is connected to the structural distortion that occurs in the ferromagnetic state, involving both magnetic electrons and conduction charges that are linked through weak interlayer ionic Bi-Se bonding and strong in-plane covalent Se-Cu bonding. The distortion can be strengthened by the application of a magnetic field.

Original languageEnglish
Article number094705
JournalJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume82
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013

Keywords

  • Charge transfer
  • Negative thermal expansion
  • Oxysulphide

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