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Recent advances in tools for crystal structure analysis enabled us to describe a new phenomenon in structural chemistry, which, to this day, has remained hidden. Here we describe a crystal structure with an incommensurate compositional modulation, Mn0.6Ni0.4As. The sample adopts the NiAs type structure, but in contrast to a normal solid solution, we observe that manganese and nickel separate into layers of MnAs and NiAs with thickness of 2-4 face-shared octahedra. Experimentally, results are obtained by combination of 3D electron diffraction, scanning transmission electron microscopy and neutron diffraction. The distribution of octahedral units between the manganese and nickel layers is perfectly described by a modulation vector q = 0.360(3) c*. An additional periodicity is thus present in the compound. Positional modulation is observed of all elements as a consequence of the occupational modulation.
Epitaxial La2NiMnO6 thin films have been grown on (001)-oriented SrTiO3 using the PLD technique. The thin films are semiconducting and FM with a TC close to 270K, a coercive field of 920Oe, and a saturation magnetization of 5muB per f.u. TEM, conduct
For a successful integration of silicon in high-capacity anodes of Li-ion batteries, its intrinsic capacity decay on cycling due to severe volume swelling should be minimized. In this work, Ni-Sn intermetallics are studied as buffering matrix during
We report the magnetic structure of room-temperature-stable, monoclinic Mn$_3$As$_2$ at 3 K and 250 K using neutron powder diffraction measurements. From magnetometry data, the Curie temperature of Mn$_3$As$_2$ was confirmed to be around 270 K. Calor
The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in paramagnetic materials has been widely used for attaining very low temperatures by applying a magnetic field isothermally and removing it adiabatically. The effect can be exploited also for room temperature refriger
We report a systematic study on the magneto-structural transition in Mn-rich Fe-doped Mn-Fe-Ni-Sn(Sb/In) Heusler alloys by keeping the total valence electron concentration (e/a ratio) fixed. The martensitic transition (MT) temperature is found to shi