Issue 3, 2020

Cone-spiral magnetic ordering dominated lattice distortion and giant negative thermal expansion in Fe-doped MnNiGe compounds

Abstract

Negative thermal expansion (NTE) has emerged as one of the intense research topics to meet the demands of the precision industry for compensating positive thermal expansion (PTE) properties. The adjustment of the NTE behavior is the key for tailoring thermal expansion. Chemical modification and the particle size effect have been regarded as effective means to tune the NTE behavior, and the crystallographic contribution is usually the upper limit of NTE. Here, we reported a new way to tune the NTE behavior involving lattice distortion that is dominated by the magnetic structure in hexagonal MnM′Ge-based (M′:Ni,Co) alloys. The achieved maximal linear NTE reached ΔL/L ∼ −23 690 × 10−6 ([small alpha, Greek, macron] = −121.5 × 10−6 K−1) in a temperature interval as wide as ∼195 K (80–275 K) for Fe-doped MnNiGe alloys. This value was 3.3 times larger than that of the corresponding average crystallographical contribution and exceeded that of almost all NTE materials reported to date. Neutron powder diffraction and first-principles calculations were carried out. The results revealed that Fe-doped MnNiGe showed incommensurate cone-spiral magnetic ordering, and the lattice distortion during the phase transition was more significant than that of MnCoGeIn with linear ferromagnetic ordering. The larger lattice distortion favored the cleavage of the hexagonal phase along the c-axis. As a result, a texture effect along the (110) crystal plane occurred during the molding process, which greatly enhanced the amplitude of the isotropic in-plane linear NTE. The present study provides a new strategy for exploring adjustable NTE behaviors.

Graphical abstract: Cone-spiral magnetic ordering dominated lattice distortion and giant negative thermal expansion in Fe-doped MnNiGe compounds

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2019
Accepted
25 Nov 2019
First published
26 Nov 2019

Mater. Horiz., 2020,7, 804-810

Cone-spiral magnetic ordering dominated lattice distortion and giant negative thermal expansion in Fe-doped MnNiGe compounds

F. Shen, H. Zhou, F. Hu, J. Wang, S. Deng, B. Wang, H. Wu, Q. Huang, J. Wang, J. Chen, L. He, J. Hao, Z. Yu, F. Liang, T. Liang, J. Sun and B. Shen, Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7, 804 DOI: 10.1039/C9MH01602C

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