Anomalous low-temperature heat capacity in antiperovskite compounds

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/2/026501

Abstract

The low-temperature heat capacities are studied for antiperovskite compounds AXM₃ (A=Al, Ga, Cu, Ag, Sn, X=C, N, M=Mn, Fe, Co). A large peak in (C-γT)/T³ versus T is observed for each of a total of 18 compounds investigated, indicating an existence of low-energy phonon mode unexpected by Debye T³ law. Such a peak is insensitive to the external magnetic field up to 80 kOe (1 Oe=79.5775 A·m^-1). For compounds with smaller lattice constant, the peak shifts towards higher temperatures with a reduction of peak height. This abnormal peak in (C-γT)/T³ versus T of antiperovskite compound may result from the strongly dispersive acoustic branch due to the heavier A atoms and the optical-like mode from the dynamic rotation of XM₆ octahedron. Such a low-energy phonon mode may not contribute negatively to the normal thermal expansion in AXM₃ compounds, while it is usually concomitant with negative thermal expansion in open-structure material (e.g., ZrW₂O₈, ScF₃).

Keywords: low-temperature heat capacity low-energy phonon modes antiperovskite compound negative thermal expansion

Received: 19 September 2016
Revised: 04 November 2016
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PACS:	65.40.Ba	(Heat capacity)
	65.40.De	(Thermal expansion; thermomechanical effects)
	75.20.En	(Metals and alloys)

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Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CBA00111) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51322105, U1632158, 51301165, and 51301167).

Corresponding Authors: Peng Tong
E-mail: tongpeng@issp.ac.cn

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Xin-Ge Guo(郭新格), Jian-Chao Lin(林建超), Peng Tong(童鹏), Shuai Lin(蔺帅), Cheng Yang(杨骋), Wen-Jian Lu(鲁文建), Wen-Hai Song(宋文海), Yu-Ping Sun(孙玉平) Anomalous low-temperature heat capacity in antiperovskite compounds 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 026501

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