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Shear strain in Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 at high pressures

Arulraj, A ; Dinnebier, RE ; Carlson, Stefan LU ; Hanfland, M and van Smaalen, S (2005) In Physical Review Letters 94(16).
Abstract
High-pressure x-ray powder diffraction has been measured on the half doped rare earth manganite Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 up to a pressure of 15 GPa. We report the presence of a quantifiable amount of shear distortion of the MnO6 octahedra in Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 at high pressures. The lattice strain of Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 is minimal at a crossover pressure of p*similar to 7 GPa, with the same lattice strain above and below this pressure achieved by shear and Jahn-Teller-type distortions, respectively. The increase in shear strain with increasing pressure provides a mechanism for the insulating behavior of manganites at high pressures that has not been considered before.
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  abstract     = {{High-pressure x-ray powder diffraction has been measured on the half doped rare earth manganite Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 up to a pressure of 15 GPa. We report the presence of a quantifiable amount of shear distortion of the MnO6 octahedra in Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 at high pressures. The lattice strain of Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 is minimal at a crossover pressure of p*similar to 7 GPa, with the same lattice strain above and below this pressure achieved by shear and Jahn-Teller-type distortions, respectively. The increase in shear strain with increasing pressure provides a mechanism for the insulating behavior of manganites at high pressures that has not been considered before.}},
  author       = {{Arulraj, A and Dinnebier, RE and Carlson, Stefan and Hanfland, M and van Smaalen, S}},
  issn         = {{1079-7114}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{16}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review Letters}},
  title        = {{Shear strain in Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 at high pressures}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.165504}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.165504}},
  volume       = {{94}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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