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@ARTICLE{Voss:614269,
author = {Voss, Lennart and Gaida, Nico Alexander and Hansen,
Anna-Lena and Etter, Martin and Wolff, Niklas and Duppel,
Viola and Lotnyk, Andriy and Bensch, Wolfgang and Ebert,
Hubert and Mankovsky, Sergey and Polesya, Svitlana and Bhat,
Shrikant and Farla, Robert and Hasegawa, Masashi and Sasaki,
Takuya and Niwa, Ken and Kienle, Lorenz},
title = {{S}ynthesis and in-depth structure determination of a novel
metastable high-pressure {C}r{T}e$_3$ phase},
journal = {Journal of applied crystallography},
volume = {57},
number = {3},
issn = {1600-5767},
address = {Chester, UK},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
reportid = {PUBDB-2024-05809},
pages = {755-769},
year = {2024},
note = {Financial support by the German Research Foundation (DFG KI
1263/20-1) is acknowledged},
abstract = {This study reports the synthesis and crystal structure
determination of a novel CrTe$_3$ phase using various
experimental and theoretical methods. The average
stoichiometry and local phase separation of this quenched
high-pressure phase were characterized by ex situ
synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction and total scattering.
Several structural models were obtained using simulated
annealing, but all suffered from an imperfect Rietveld
refinement, especially at higher diffraction angles.
Finally, a novel stoichiometrically correct crystal
structure model was proposed on the basis of electron
diffraction data and refined against powder diffraction data
using the Rietveld method. Scanning electron
microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX)
measurements verified the targeted 1:3 (Cr:Te) average
stoichiometry for the starting compound and for the quenched
high-pressure phase within experimental errors. Scanning
transmission electron microscopy (STEM)–EDX was used to
examine minute variations of the Cr-to-Te ratio at the
nanoscale. Precession electron diffraction (PED) experiments
were applied for the nanoscale structure analysis of the
quenched high-pressure phase. The proposed monoclinic model
from PED experiments provided an improved fit to the X-ray
patterns, especially after introducing atomic anisotropic
displacement parameters and partial occupancy of Cr atoms.
Atomic resolution STEM and simulations were conducted to
identify variations in the Cr-atom site-occupancy factor. No
significant variations were observed experimentally for
several zone axes. The magnetic properties of the novel
CrTe$_3$ phase were investigated through temperature- and
field-dependent magnetization measurements. In order to
understand these properties, auxiliary theoretical
investigations have been performed by first-principles
electronic structure calculations and Monte Carlo
simulations. The obtained results allow the observed
magnetization behavior to be interpreted as the consequence
of competition between the applied magnetic field and the
Cr–Cr exchange interactions, leading to a decrease of the
magnetization towards T = 0 K typical for
antiferromagnetic systems, as well as a field-induced
enhanced magnetization around the critical temperature due
to the high magnetic susceptibility in this region.},
cin = {DOOR ; HAS-User / FS-PETRA-D},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 /
I:(DE-H253)FS-PETRA-D-20210408},
pnm = {631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control
(POF4-631) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-631 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P02.1-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:38846770},
UT = {WOS:001256619300017},
doi = {10.1107/S1600576724002711},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/614269},
}