Low temperature structural phase transition of Ba3NaIr2O9

Hans Conrad zur Loye; Seung Joo Kim; Rene Macquart; Mark D. Smith; Yongjae Lee; Tom Vogt

doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2008.12.010

Low temperature structural phase transition of Ba₃NaIr₂O₉

Hans Conrad zur Loye, Seung Joo Kim, Rene Macquart, Mark D. Smith, Yongjae Lee, Tom Vogt

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Abstract

Single crystal X-ray and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction have been used to probe the structure of Ba₃NaIr₂O₉ from 300 K down to 20 K. Ba₃NaIr₂O₉ is found to undergo a structural transition from hexagonal symmetry, P6₃/mmc, at ambient temperature to monoclinic symmetry, C2/c, at low temperature. The evolution of the unit cell volume upon cooling is indicative of a higher order structural transition, and the symmetry breaking becomes apparent as the temperature is decreased. The low temperature monoclinic structure of Ba₃NaIr₂O₉ contains strongly distorted [NaO₆] and [IrO₆] octahedra in comparison to the room temperature hexagonal structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	608-613
Number of pages	6
Journal	Solid State Sciences
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2008.12.010
Publication status	Published - 2009 Mar

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Department of Energy through grant DE-FG02-04ER46122 and the National Science Foundation through grant DMR: 0450103 and DMR: 0804209. Y. Lee thanks support by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KRF-2006-D00538).

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Condensed Matter Physics

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