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Negative linear compressibility in a crystal of ?-BiB3O6.


ABSTRACT: Negative linear compressibility (NLC), a rare and important mechanical effect with many application potentials, in a crystal of ?-BiB3O6 (BIBO) is comprehensively investigated using first-principles calculations and high-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments. The results indicate that the BIBO crystal exhibits the second largest NLC among all known inorganic materials over a broad pressure range. This unusual NLC behaviour is due to the rotation and displacement of the rigid [BO3] and [BO4] building units that result in hinge motion in an umbrella-like topology. More importantly, the parallel-polar lone-pair electrons on the Bi(3+) cations act as "umbrella stands" to withstand the B-O hinges, thus significantly enhancing the NLC effect. BIBO presents a unique example of a "collapsible umbrella" mechanism for achieving NLC, which could be applied to other framework materials with lone-pair electrons.

SUBMITTER: Kang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4548252 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Negative linear compressibility in a crystal of α-BiB3O6.

Kang Lei L   Jiang Xingxing X   Luo Siyang S   Gong Pifu P   Li Wei W   Wu Xiang X   Li Yanchun Y   Li Xiaodong X   Chen Chuangtian C   Lin Zheshuai Z  

Scientific reports 20150825


Negative linear compressibility (NLC), a rare and important mechanical effect with many application potentials, in a crystal of α-BiB3O6 (BIBO) is comprehensively investigated using first-principles calculations and high-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments. The results indicate that the BIBO crystal exhibits the second largest NLC among all known inorganic materials over a broad pressure range. This unusual NLC behaviour is due to the rotation and displacement of the rigid [BO3] a  ...[more]

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