Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Publication Title

Microchemical Journal

Volume

71

Issue Number

2-3

First Page

117

Last Page

131

DOI

10.1016/S0026-265X(02)00004-8

Keywords

Chemical, analysis, X-ray, spectroscopy, phase transitions, solid state

Disciplines

Chemistry | Physical Chemistry

Abstract

The methods discussed in this work show that the types of changes which may be observed, by precise XAS measurements of Absorbance A versus temperature, across a phase transition are: the changes in the relaxation time of the final states  due to fluctuations near a phase transition; the detection of the anomalous Bragg condition coupled to phonon modes XAS enhancement that identifies the temperature interval where the phonon modes are active, the symmetry changes which introduce new allowed transitions to finite states below an element edge, near Tc indicate what symmetry changes occur, and the method of XTDAFST0 = XAFS(T) - XAFS(T0), allows the precise measurement of the progressive changes in the Debye-Waller factor versus T near a phase transition, and identify (when no other structural changes occur, except in the vibrational modes of a specific bond) the bond responsible for the transition. The methods have been applied to the superconducting transition in layer cuprates and the metal to insulator transition in NiS2-xSex.

Comments

NOTICE: this is the author’s pre-print of a work that was accepted for publication in Microchemical Journal. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Microchemical Journal, [VOL 71, ISSUE 2-3, (2002)] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0026-265X(02)00004-8.

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