A. Sapkota, T. J. Slade, S. Huyan, N. K. Nepal, J. M. Wilde, N. Furukawa, S. H. Lapidus, L.-L. Wang, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield
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Abstract
Single crystals of ( = Al, Ga, and In), belonging to the 1-5-1 family of compounds, were grown from a Pt-P solution at high temperatures, and measurements of the ambient pressure, temperature-dependent magnetization, resistivity, and x-ray diffraction were made. Additionally, the ambient-pressure Hall resistivity and temperature-dependent resistance under pressure were measured on . All three compounds have a tetragonal crystal structure at room temperature with metallic transport and weak diamagnetism over the 2–300 K temperature range. Surprisingly, at ambient pressure, both the transport and magnetization measurements on show a steplike feature in the 70–90 K region, suggesting a possible structural phase transition. Neither nor have any signatures of a phase transition in their temperature-dependent electrical resistance and magnetization data. Both the hysteretic nature and sharpness of the features in the data suggest that the transition is first-order. Single-crystal x-ray diffraction measurements provided further details of the structural transition with a possibility of a crystal symmetry different from below the transition temperature. The transition is characterized by anisotropic changes in the lattice parameters and a volume collapse with respect to the high-temperature tetragonal crystal structure. Furthermore, satellite peaks are observed at two distinct and nonequivalent wave vectors (0, 0, 0.5) and (0.5, 0.5, 0.5), and density functional theory calculations present phonon softening, especially at (0.5, 0.5, 0.5), as a possible driving mechanism. Additionally, we find that the structural transition temperature increases rapidly with increasing pressure, reaching room temperature by GPa, highlighting the high degree of pressure sensitivity of and fragile nature of its room-temperature structure. Even though the volume collapse and extreme pressure sensitivity suggest chemical pressure should drive a similar structural change in , where both unit-cell dimensions and volume are smaller, its structure is found to be the same as that of the room-temperature . Overall, stands out as a sole member of the 1-5-1 family of compounds for which a temperature-driven structural change has been observed.
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