Neutron-scattering investigations of the Kohn anomaly and of the phase and amplitude charge-density-wave excitations of the blue bronzeK0.3MoO3

1991 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 8421-8430 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Pouget ◽  
B. Hennion ◽  
C. Escribe-Filippini ◽  
M. Sato
1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 3324-3327 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Moudden ◽  
M. Elmiger ◽  
S. M. Shapiro ◽  
B. T. Collins ◽  
M. Greenblatt

1991 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 8803-8807 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Grübel ◽  
J. D. Axe ◽  
Doon Gibbs ◽  
G. H. Lander ◽  
J. C. Marmeggi ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
S. Ritchie ◽  
J. C. Bennett ◽  
A. Prodan ◽  
F.W. Boswell ◽  
J.M. Corbett

A continuous sequence of compounds having composition NbxTa1-xTe4; 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 have been studied by electron diffraction and microscopy. Previous studies have shown that the end members of the series, TaTε4 and NbTε4 possess a quasi-one-dimensional character and exhibit charge density wave (CDW) distortions. In these compounds, the subcell structure is tetragonal with axes (a × a × c) and consists of the metal atoms (Nb or Ta) centered within an extended antiprismatic cage of Te atoms. At room temperature, TaTε4 has a commensurate modulation structure with a 2a × 2a × 3c unit cell. In NbTε4, an incommensurate modulation with × ∼ 16c axes is observed. Preliminary studies of the mixed compounds NbxTα1-xTε4 showed a discontinuous jump of the modulation wave vector commensurate to incommensurate when the Nb dopant concentration x, exceeded x ≃ 0.3, In this paper, the nature of the compositional dependence of is studied in greater detail and evidence is presented for a stepwise variation of . This constitutes the first direct evidence for a Devil's staircase in CDW materials.


1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dumas ◽  
N. Thirion ◽  
M. Almeida ◽  
E. B. Lopes ◽  
M. J. Matos ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 135-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Slot ◽  
K. O'Neill ◽  
H. S.J. van der Zant ◽  
R. E. Thorne

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