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Mechanistic Insights into the Superexchange-Interaction-Driven Negative Thermal Expansion in CuO
Yuanpeng Zhang1,2, Marshall McDonnell1, Stuart A Calder1
1Neutron Scattering Division , Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States.
Abstract:
The negative thermal expansion (NTE) in CuO is explained via electron-transfer-driven superexchange interaction. The elusive connection between the spin-lattice coupling and NTE of CuO is investigated by neutron scattering and principal strain axes analysis. The density functional theory calculations show as the temperature decreases, the continuously increasing electron transfer accounts for enhancing the superexchange interaction along [101̅], the principal NTE direction. It is further rationalized that only when the interaction along [101̅] is preferably enhanced to a certain level compared to the other competing antiferromagnetic exchange pathways can the corresponding NTE occur. Outcomes from this work have implications for controlling the thermal expansion through superexchange interaction, via, for example, optical manipulation, electron or hole doping, etc.
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