Short-range order and Fe clustering in Mg1-xFexO under high pressure

• By combining high-pressure and high-temperature Moumlssbauer spectroscopic studies of (Mg,Fe)O with results of ab initio simulations, several important properties of this material were established. Under high pressure (Mg,Fe)O shows changes in the short-range order with the tendency to form iron clusters. These changes were found to be irreversible, implying sluggish kinetics of these processes at ambient conditions. The pressure-induced spin crossover is interpreted here as a gradual noncooperative transition. The onset and width of spin crossover depends, therefore, not only on pressure, temperature, and composition, but also on short-range order in the FeO-MgO solid solution.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

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ab initio calculations

antiferromagnetic materials

high-pressure effects

high-temperature effects

iron

iron compounds

magnesium compounds

metal clusters

Mossbauer effect

short-range order

solid solutions

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