The influence of thermal vibrations on the average structure of cubic NaMgF3 perovskite:: a combined molecular dynamics and neutron diffraction study

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Street, JN
Wood, IG
Knight, KS
Price, GD
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[1] Univ London Birkbeck Coll, Res Sch Geol & Geophys Sci, London WC1E 6BT, England
[2] UCL, London WC1E 6BT, England
[3] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
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10.1088/0953-8984/9/50/001
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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The structure of NaMgF(3) has bean investigated by high-temperature neutron diffraction and molecular dynamics simulation. It was found that the apparent Mg-F bond contraction reported in previous work arises from large anisotropy in the distribution of F(-) ions. The cell parameter in the cubic phase is approximately 2% less than twice the average Mg-F bond distance, The consequences for computer simulation of perovskites of this dynamically induced reduction in cell volume are briefly discussed.
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