Cubic SnMo2O8 - a PTE Puzzle

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Experiments (many at ISIS) using crystallographic methods, total scattering, inelastic neutron scattering and theory have provided a detailed picture of the origin of strong negative thermal expansion (NTE) in ZrW2O8. We have recently produced large samples of SnMo2O8 which appears to be isostructural with this famous NTE materials, yet shows positive thermal expansion and non-reconstructive high temperature phase transitions. The existence of isostructural materials with strong negative and positive thermal expansion offers a possibility of producing true zero-expansion solid solutions. We request 4 days on GEM to understand the structure and dynamics of this fascinating and potentially important material.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24088341
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24088341
Provenance
Creator Professor Andrew Goodwin; Professor John Evans; Dr Sarah Tallentire; Professor David Keen; Dr Matthew Tucker
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2014
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2011-12-09T09:33:56Z
Temporal Coverage End 2011-12-13T15:28:15Z