Abstract
We have performed pressure-dependent X-ray diffraction and resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy experiments on USb2 to further characterize the antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic transition occurring near 8 GPa. We have found the magnetic transition coincides with a tetragonal to orthorhombic transition resulting in a 17% volume collapse as well as a transient f-occupation enhancement. Compared to UAs2 and UAsS, USb2 shows a reduced bulk modulus and transition pressure and an increased volume collapse at the structural transition. Except for an enhancement across the transition region, the f occupancy decreases steadily from 1.96 to 1.75.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 085123 |
Journal | Physical Review B |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 15 2020 |
Funding
This work was performed under LDRD (Tracking Code 18-SI-001) and under the auspices of the US Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) under Contract No. DE-AC52- 07NA27344. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF DMR-1609855. Portions of this work were performed at HPCAT (Sector 16), Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory. HPCAT operations are supported by DOE-NNSAs Office of Experimental Sciences. The Advanced Photon Source is a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. This work has been partially supported by U.S. DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-13ER41967. ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. government purposes.