Abstract
A new high-pressure polymorph of CrSb2 was synthesized under high-pressure/temperature conditions of 7-7.7 GPa and 600-650 °C. The crystal structure is body-centered tetragonal with the space group I4/mcm, which is assigned to CuAl2-type structure. The experiments under various pressure conditions revealed that the high-pressure polymorph was formed above 5.5 GPa, and the compound crystallized into the low-pressure marcasite-type structure below 5 GPa. The characteristic of the high-pressure phase is the metallic bond nature including the formation of Cr-Cr-Cr linear chain along the c-axis. The compound shows metallic conductivity and itinerant-electron ferromagnetic behavior with the Curie temperature of ca. 160 K.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 139-143 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings |
| Volume | 499 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 Dec 1 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 MRS Fall Symposium - Boston, MA, USA Duration: 1997 Nov 30 → 1997 Dec 4 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials