Pressure-induced collapsed-tetragonal phase in

WT Jayasekara, US Kaluarachchi, BG Ueland… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
WT Jayasekara, US Kaluarachchi, BG Ueland, A Pandey, YB Lee, V Taufour, A Sapkota…
Physical Review B, 2015•APS
We present high-energy x-ray diffraction data under applied pressures up to p= 29 GPa,
neutron diffraction measurements up to p= 1.1 GPa, and electrical resistance measurements
up to p= 5.9 GPa, on SrCo 2 As 2. Our x-ray diffraction data demonstrate that there is a first-
order transition between the tetragonal (T) and collapsed-tetragonal (cT) phases, with an
onset above approximately 6 GPa at T= 7 K. The pressure for the onset of the cT phase and
the range of coexistence between the T and cT phases appears to be nearly temperature …
We present high-energy x-ray diffraction data under applied pressures up to , neutron diffraction measurements up to , and electrical resistance measurements up to , on . Our x-ray diffraction data demonstrate that there is a first-order transition between the tetragonal (T) and collapsed-tetragonal (cT) phases, with an onset above approximately 6 GPa at . The pressure for the onset of the cT phase and the range of coexistence between the T and cT phases appears to be nearly temperature independent. The compressibility along the axis is the same for the T and cT phases, whereas, along the axis, the cT phase is significantly stiffer, which may be due to the formation of an As-As bond in the cT phase. Our resistivity measurements found no evidence of superconductivity in for GPa and K. The resistivity data also show signatures consistent with a pressure-induced phase transition for GPa. Single-crystal neutron diffraction measurements performed up to 1.1 GPa in the T phase found no evidence of stripe-type or A-type antiferromagnetic ordering down to 10 K. Spin-polarized total-energy calculations demonstrate that the cT phase is the stable phase at high pressure with a ratio of 2.54. Furthermore, these calculations indicate that the cT phase of should manifest either A-type antiferromagnetic or ferromagnetic order.
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