Structural Phase Transitions in SrRh2As2

Details Structural Phase Transitions in SrRh2As2 Structural Phase Transitions in SrRh2As2

2011-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/1108.1139v1

Phys. Rev. B 85, 014109 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

16 pages, 10 Figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.85.014109

SrRh2As2 exhibits structural phase transitions reminiscent to those of BaFe2As2, but crystallizes with three polymorphs derived from the tetragonal ThCr2Si2-type structure. The structure of \alpha-SrRh2As2 is monoclinic with a = 421.2(1) pm, b = 1105.6(2) pm, c = 843.0(1) pm and \beta = 95{\deg} and was refined as a partially pseudo meroedric twin in the space group P21/c with R1 = 0.0928. \beta-SrRh2As2 crystallizes with a modulated structure in the (3+1) dimensional superspace group Fmmm(10\gamma)\sigma 00 with the unit cell parameters a = 1114.4(3) pm, b = 574.4(2) pm and c = 611.5(2) pm and an incommensurable modulation vector q = (1, 0, 0.3311(4)). High temperature single crystal diffraction experiments confirm the tetragonal ThCr2Si2-type structure for \gamma-SrRh2As2 above 350{\deg}C. Electronic band structure calculations indicate that the structural distortion in alpha-SrRh2As2 is caused by strong Rh-Rh bonding interactions and has no magnetic origin as suggested for isotypic BaFe2As2.

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