DOI: 10.1039/d6tc00414h ISSN: 2050-7526
Enhanced negative thermal expansion in Zr 2 SP 2 O 12 via co-substitut
Ryo Kaneda, Tsuyoshi Aburano, Haruna Igawa, Naoki Arimitsu, Yasuhide Mochizuki, Takahiro Takei, Nobuhiro Kumada, Chikako Moriyoshi, Shogo Kawaguchi, Sachiko Matsushita, Akira Nakajima, Toshihiro IsobeFe/Nb co-substitution enhances octahedral distortion in Zr 2 SP 2 O 12 , inducing giant negative thermal expansion (−272.5 ppm K −1 ) through distortion relaxation during an isosymmetric phase transition.