A new spin on material properties: Local magnetic structure in functional and quantum materials

BA Frandsen, HE Fischer - Chemistry of Materials, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The past few decades have made clear that the properties and performances of emerging
functional and quantum materials can depend strongly on their local atomic and/or magnetic …

Local structures of perovskite dielectrics and ferroelectrics via pair distribution function analyses

D Hou, C Zhao, AR Paterson, S Li, JL Jones - Journal of the European …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The pair distribution function (PDF) method provides a useful way of characterizing the
diverse and richly complex local structures in perovskite dielectric and ferroelectric …

Real-space visualization of short-range antiferromagnetic correlations in a magnetically enhanced thermoelectric

R Baral, JA Christensen, PK Hamilton, F Ye, K Chesnel… - Matter, 2022‏ - cell.com
Short-range magnetic correlations can significantly increase the thermopower of magnetic
semiconductors, representing a noteworthy development in the decades-long effort to …

The curious case of the structural phase transition in SnSe insights from neutron total scattering

B Jiang, J Neu, D Olds, SAJ Kimber, K Page… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
At elevated temperatures SnSe is reported to undergo a structural transition from the low
symmetry orthorhombic GeS-type to a higher symmetry orthorhombic TlI-type. Although …

Metal–Metal Bonding as an Electrode Design Principle in the Low-Strain Cluster Compound LiScMo3O8

KE Wyckoff, JL Kaufman, SW Baek… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Electrode materials for Li+-ion batteries require optimization along several disparate axes
related to cost, performance, and sustainability. One of the important performance axes is …

Bibliometric review and recent advances in total scattering pair distribution function analysis: 21 years in retrospect

DO Akamo, AO Ijaola, TT George, K Page… - European Journal of …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Global research activities have been driven by the quest to develop and characterize novel
materials for technological advancements. The total scattering pair distribution function …

Learning from correlations based on local structure: Rare-earth nickelates revisited

N Wagner, D Puggioni… - Journal of Chemical …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Statistical analysis of local atomic distortions in crystalline materials is a powerful tool for
understanding coupled electronic and structural phase transitions in transition metal …

Optimizing the dynamic pair distribution function method for inelastic neutron spectrometry

KA Acosta, HC Walker, AM Fry-Petit - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023‏ - nature.com
The dynamic pair distribution function (DyPDF) is an inelastic neutron scattering method that
provides detailed information about the local dynamics of a crystalline material in real space …

Short-Range Magnetic Correlations, Spontaneous Magnetovolume Effect, and Local Distortion in Magnetic Semiconductor MnTe

R Baral - 2022‏ - search.proquest.com
The antiferromagnetic semiconductor MnTe has recently attracted significant interest as a
potential high-performance thermoelectric material. Its promising thermoelectric properties …

[PDF][PDF] DEVELOPMENT OF THE DYNAMIC PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (DyPDF) FOR ROBUST UNDERSTANDING OF VIBRATIONAL INFORMATION IN …

KA ACOSTA - 2023‏ - scholarworks.calstate.edu
This research focuses on develo** and implementing robust data treatment and analysis
of the Dynamic Pair Distribution Function (DyPDF). DyPDF furnishes unprecedented real …