As–As dimerization, Fermi surfaces and the anomalous electrical transport properties of UAsSe and ThAsSe

Autor: P A Midgley, Albert Prodan, Raymond Withers, R Vincent, Herman J. P. van Midden, J Schoenes
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 179:2190-2198
ISSN: 0022-4596
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2006.04.016
Popis: A temperature dependent electron diffraction study has been carried out on UAsSe to search for evidence of As–As dimerization at low temperature. A highly structured characteristic diffuse intensity distribution, closely related to that recently reported for ThAsSe, has been observed at low temperature and interpreted in terms of a gradual charge density wave type phase transition upon lowering of temperature involving disordered As–As dimerization within (001) planes. Plausible models of the proposed As–As dimerization have been obtained using a group theoretical approach. Electronic band structure calculations of ThAsSe and UAsSe have been used to search for potential Fermi surface nesting wave-vectors. The results are in good agreement with the experimentally observed diffuse intensity distributions in both cases.
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