Dipolar frustration on the triangular lattice: Order and disorder in AgNCO

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We propose to use neutron total scattering to characterise isocyanate (NCO-) orientations within the orientationally-disordered phase of AgNCO. The arrangement of NCO- ions in this phase is that of separated 2D triangular nets, and is hence a molecular analogue of magnetic frustration on the triangular lattice. By collecting total scattering data at two temperatures below the order/disorder transition, one at the transition temperature, and two above the transition temperature, we will be able to characterise (i) the form of this orientational disorder, (ii) its relationship to frustrated spin fluctuations on the triangular lattice, and (iii) the temperature dependence of dipole correlations. A sixth data point in a quenched phase will identify "orientational glass" behaviour in AgNCO. The total scattering data will be analysed using RMC methods.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24089682
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24089682
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Creator Professor Andrew Goodwin; Dr Matthew Cliffe; Dr Amber Thompson; Dr Matthew Tucker; Dr Nicholas Funnell; Ms Sarah Hunt
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2015
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2012-10-26T08:42:04Z
Temporal Coverage End 2012-10-30T15:30:45Z