Cooperative Jahn–Teller effect and the role of strain in the tetragonal-to-cubic phase transition in MgxCu1 − xCr2O4

Temperature and composition dependences of the I41/amd → Fd\bar 3m phase transition in the MgxCu1 − xCr2O4 spinel solid solution, due to the melting of the cooperative Jahn–Teller distortion, have been studied by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystals with x = 0, 0.10, 0.18, 0.43, 0.46,...

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Main Authors: Serena C. Tarantino, Mattia Giannini, Michael A. Carpenter, Michele Zema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2016-09-01
Series:IUCrJ
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Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252516012574