Observation of a continuous phase transition in a shape-memory alloy

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作者
Lashley, J. C. [1 ]
Shapiro, S. M. [2 ]
Winn, B. L. [3 ]
Opeil, C. P. [4 ]
Manley, M. E. [5 ]
Alatas, A. [6 ]
Ratcliff, W. [7 ]
Park, T. [1 ,8 ]
Fisher, R. A. [1 ]
Mihaila, B. [1 ]
Riseborough, P. [9 ]
Salje, E. K. H. [10 ]
Smith, J. L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[2] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[3] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[4] Boston Coll, Dept Phys, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA
[5] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[6] Argonne Natl Lab, Adv Photon Source, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[7] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
[8] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Phys, Suwon 440746, South Korea
[9] Temple Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
[10] Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England
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美国能源部;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.135703
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Elastic neutron-scattering, inelastic x-ray scattering, specific-heat, and pressure-dependent electrical transport measurements have been made on single crystals of AuZn and Au(0.52)Zn(0.48). Elastic neutron scattering detects new commensurate Bragg peaks (modulation) appearing at Q = (1.33, 0.67, 0) at temperatures corresponding to each sample's transition temperature (T(M) = 64 and 45 K, respectively). Although the new Bragg peaks appear in a discontinuous manner in the Au(0.52)Zn(0.48) sample, they appear in a continuous manner in AuZn. Surprising us, the temperature dependence of the AuZn Bragg peak intensity and the specific-heat jump near T(M) are in favorable accord with a continuous transition. A fit to the pressure dependence of T(M) suggests the presence of a critical end point in the AuZn phase diagram located at T(M)* = 2.7 K and p* = 3.1 GPa.
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