Understanding the effects of pressure and temperature on the structure of an iron-arsenide superconductor

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The discovery of superconductivity in iron-pnictide materials has generated much excitement in the past year about possibly unifying mechanisms for high-temperature superconductivity. In particular intriguing effects have been noted with the application of pressure to these materials, with novel structures and magnetic order appearing. CaFe2As2 is the parent compound to a family of superconductors, and the effect of pressure is most dramatic, with a first order phase transition into a so-called "collapsed" structure. We propose to study the transitions between phases under applied pressure, paying particular attention to structural changes and coexistence in regions of large hysteresis. We hope to determine precisely how the bond lengths and angles change during these transitions, as this may be key to understanding the role the structure plays in superconductivity.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079887
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079887
Provenance
Creator Dr Russell Ewings; Dr Michael Pitcher; Professor David Keen; Dr Simon Clarke
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-02-18T09:12:37Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-04-24T21:18:08Z