High-temperature structural phase transition in multiferroic LiCu₂O₂
Ivanov, S. A. · Bush, A. A. · Kamentsev, K. E. · Tishchenko, E. A. · Ottosson, M. · Mathieu, R. · Nordblad, P.
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LiCu₂O₂ single crystals were studied in the temperature range 300-1100 K by means of heating-cooling curves of differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetry (TG), X-ray powder diffraction and electrical measurements. A reversible first-order phase transition between orthorhombic and tetragonal phases was found to take place at 993 K. At the transition, a peak is observed in the DTA curves, as well as jumps of the unit cell parameters and electrical resistivity. Considering the crystal structure of LiCu₂O₂ and the entropy change associated with the phase transition, it is concluded that the phase transition is related to processes of order-disorder of the Cu2+ and Li+ cations onto their crystallographic positions.
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